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A child plays in an art installation at the Olympic Park in 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: 王身敦 (Andy Wong)/AP.

Blowing snow

Two women dance in a park on a snowy day in 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: 王钊 (Wáng Zhāo)/AFP/Getty Images.

Yellow Submarine

A bronze statue wearing a mask at the entrance of a shop in 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: 王钊 (Wáng Zhāo)/AFP via Getty Images.

Through the Eye of Time

Surveillance cameras positioned on a corner of 天安门广场 (Tiān’ānmén Square) in 北京 (Běijīng), China. Some karaoke bars are closing, toy bombs are banned and every delivery package is being scanned as the capital prepares for a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Photo: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images.

Happily Ever Before

Couples wait their turn for a pre-wedding photoshoot at the Love Story in Rome studio in 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images.

The House Fly

Visitors interacting with a display at an exhibition by the Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich called The Confines of the Great Void, at the CAFA Art Museum in 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: 王钊 (Wáng Zhāo)/AFP/Getty Images.

三轮车 (Cycle rickshaw)

A cycle rickshaw is seen in a 胡同 (hútòng) after a snowfall in 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: AFP/Greg Baker.

白象 (White elephant)

北京大兴国际机场 (Běijīng Dàxīng International Airport) under construction. Photo: Sipa Asia/Rex/Shutterstock.

精靈寶可夢 太陽·月亮 (Pokémon Sun & Moon)

北京卫戍区仪仗大队 (Běijīng Capital Garrison Honour Guard Battalion) prepares ahead of a welcome ceremony for Norway’s King Harald V at the 人民大会堂 (Great Hall of the People) in 北京 (Běijīng), China on October 16, 2018. Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfour.

Psychology of Music

A violinist with the 上海交响乐团 (Shànghǎi Symphony Orchestra) rehearses before a classical concert marking the 120th anniversary of the world’s oldest classical label, Deutsche Grammophon, at the 太庙 (Imperial Ancestral Temple) in the Forbidden City at 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: AFP/Greg Baker.

No one stops in the middle of a desert because the traffic light turned red

A man looks back as he rides a bicycle past a New Balance store in 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: AFP/王钊 (Wáng Zhāo).

Sic transit gloria mundi (Thus passes the glory of the world)

妮妮 (Nīni) and 迎迎 (Yíngying), two of the five 福娃 (mascots) for the 2008 北京 (Běijīng) Olympic Games, lying among trees behind an abandoned, never-completed shopping mall. Photo: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images.

Another 福娃 (mascot), 贝贝 (Bèibei), lying forgotten among trees. Photo: Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images.

Water on Earth

A visitor looks at the digital art exhibition “Aquarium by Naked” by the Japanese artist Ryôtarô Muramatsu at the 嘉德艺术中心 (Guardian Art Centre) in 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: How Hwee Young/EPA.

魔境夢遊：時光怪客 (Alice Through the Looking Glass)

An Air China passenger aircraft flying amid heavy smog over the suburb of 北京 (Běijīng), China, on January 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee/File Photo.

答案在风中飘荡 (Blowin’ in the Wind)

Or maybe not. A Chinese government-backed study, published last month in the journal Global Change Biology, tracked the growth rates of six aspen trees in 北京 (Běijīng) between 2012 and 2015, when the city was shrouded in one of its densest ozone fogs. The scientists’s conclusions are astonishing: 北京 (Běijīng)’s air pollution helps its trees grow better, faster, and stronger.

北京 (Běijīng)-based artist 王智远 (Wáng Zhìyuǎn) created a 36 foot tall towering tornado sculpture – called “Thrown to the Wind” – from hundreds of plastic containers discarded as trash. Photo: inhabitat.com.

天气预报 (Weather forecasting)

China has already set a record for concentrations of lung-damaging ozone in June, rising 11 percent from the same month last year, but the Ministry of Ecology and Environment warned on Tuesday, July 17, that it expected ozone pollution to be particularly high in the region surrounding 北京 (Běijīng) over the next 10 days.

Buildings are seen amid smog on a polluted day in 北京 (Běijīng), China on April 2, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Stringer.

Overtrumping

北京 (Běijīng), China: Women look at their smartphones near a rocket shaped bench with an American flag used as a marketing gimmick for a U.S. clothes shop. The U.S. has hiked tariffs on Chinese imports, and 北京 (Běijīng) said it immediately retaliated. Photo: Ng Han Guan/AP.

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

A student touches a canvas filled with colourful buttons at the “Hello, My Name is Paul Smith” exhibition at the 今日美术馆 (Today Art Museum) in 北京 (Běijīng). Photo: AFP/Nicolas Asfouri.

“Facing her a world of silly and arrogant giants”

A woman walks past sculptures by the Chinese artist 岳敏君 (Yuè Mǐnjūn) outside an art museum in 北京 (Běijīng), China. Photo: 王钊 (Wáng Zhāo)/AFP/Getty Images.