Tomato harvest season in NW China's Xinjiang

17:07, August 11, 2021

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  Perseids meteor shower to peak around Chinese Double Seventh festival

  Undated photo shows the Perseids meteor shower, dubbed as the tears of Saint Lawrence, lights up at the night sky. The third largest-scale meteor shower in the northern hemisphere welcomes its best of the year. It will peak on August 13, the day before Double Seventh Festival, the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day. (Photos: Ecns.cn)Undated photo shows the Perseids meteor shower, dubbed as the tears of Saint Lawrence, lights up at the night sky. The third largest-scale meteor shower in the northern hemisphere welcomes its best of the year. It will peak on August 13, the day before Double Seventh Festival, the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day.Undated photo shows the Perseids meteor shower, dubbed as the tears of Saint Lawrence, lights up at the night sky. The third largest-scale meteor shower in the northern hemisphere welcomes its best of the year. It will peak on August 13, the day before Double Seventh Festival, the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day.Undated photo shows the Perseids meteor shower, dubbed as the tears of Saint Lawrence, lights up at the night sky. The third largest-scale meteor shower in the northern hemisphere welcomes its best of the year. It will peak on August 13, the day before Double Seventh Festival, the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day.Undated photo shows the Perseids meteor shower, dubbed as the tears of Saint Lawrence, lights up at the night sky. The third largest-scale meteor shower in the northern hemisphere welcomes its best of the year. It will peak on August 13, the day before Double Seventh Festival, the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day.

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  Chinese firm delivers terminal building for airport in Maldives

  Trials are over and operations have begun at a Chinese firm-built seaplane terminal project of the Velana International Airport in Male, capital of Maldives. (Photos: Xinhua; compiled by Dong Feng)The terminal’s total construction area was 28,000 square meters. The Beijing Urban Construction Group Company project is expected to improve the service and reception capacity of the Maldives tourism industry and promote economic development. The terminal’s total construction area was 28,000 square meters. The Beijing Urban Construction Group Company has officially handed over the seaplane terminal to the operator of the Maldives' Velana International Airport, the Maldives Airports Company Limited.

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  Perseids meteor shower to peak around Chinese Double Seventh festival

  Undated photo shows the Perseids meteor shower, dubbed as the tears of Saint Lawrence, lights up at the night sky. The third largest-scale meteor shower in the northern hemisphere welcomes its best of the year. It will peak on August 13, the day before Double Seventh Festival, the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day. (Photos: Ecns.cn)Undated photo shows the Perseids meteor shower, dubbed as the tears of Saint Lawrence, lights up at the night sky. The third largest-scale meteor shower in the northern hemisphere welcomes its best of the year. It will peak on August 13, the day before Double Seventh Festival, the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day.Undated photo shows the Perseids meteor shower, dubbed as the tears of Saint Lawrence, lights up at the night sky. The third largest-scale meteor shower in the northern hemisphere welcomes its best of the year. It will peak on August 13, the day before Double Seventh Festival, the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day.Undated photo shows the Perseids meteor shower, dubbed as the tears of Saint Lawrence, lights up at the night sky. The third largest-scale meteor shower in the northern hemisphere welcomes its best of the year. It will peak on August 13, the day before Double Seventh Festival, the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day.Undated photo shows the Perseids meteor shower, dubbed as the tears of Saint Lawrence, lights up at the night sky. The third largest-scale meteor shower in the northern hemisphere welcomes its best of the year. It will peak on August 13, the day before Double Seventh Festival, the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day.

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  In China's Yunnan, sunflowers paint an idyllic picture

  Photos courtesy of the media convergence center of Anning, Southwest Chian's Yunnan Province