Collage: China’s Week in Photos, March 20-26

Ding Yining

2017-03-26 11:51:42

In this Week in Photos, a Chinese fan gives two thumbs up during a soccer match between China and foe South Korea in Hunan Province; tourists admire cherry blossoms by night at Jiming Temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu province; and a gas explosion at an apartment complex kills five in Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

1/7 Tourists stop to admire cherry blossoms by night at Jiming Temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, March 20, 2017. Su Yang/VCG

2/7 The baleen whale’s carcass lies between boats moored on the Dazhi River, Shanghai, March 21, 2017. Wei Yi/Sixth Tone

3/7 Firefighters stand in front of the ruins of an apartment building after a gas explosion killed five and injured 25 in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 25, 2017. Lian Zhen/Xinhua

4/7 Students in costume stare at each other during a Peking opera rehearsal in Changchun, Jilin province, March 21, 2017. Lan Yang/VCG

5/7 A patriotic Chinese fan gives two thumbs up during a 2018 World Cup qualifying match between China and South Korea in Changsha, Hunan Province, March 23, 2017. Wang Zhijie/VCG

6/7 A train speeds through peach blossoms near Juyong Pass along the Great Wall, Beijing, March 26, 2017. Li Zhiming/Xinhua

7/7 Smoke from a forest fire caused by locals burning joss paper for their ancestors fills the sky in Mianning County, Sichuan province, March 23, 2017. Cheng Xueli/IC