Giant panda RuYi prepares to taste his birthdaycake at the MoscowZoo on July31. The Russianzoo
also celebrated the birthdayof 2-year-old Ding Ding. The two giant pandas arrived from China in late
April for a 15-year scientific program.VLADIMIRASTAPKOVICH/SPUTNIK
FrankyZapata, a 4 0 - year-old inventor, takes to the air in
Sangatte, northern France, at the start of his second attempt to
cross the Channel from France to England aboard his flyboard,
onAug4.Hesuccessfullycompleted the 35-kilometer journeyin
just 22 minutes, reaching speeds ofup to 177 km per hour, on the
flyboard that has made him a French household name.
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Agirl performs at a martial arts competition onAug3inSan
Francisco. Competitors of different ages took part in the 2 019
NCCAF International Wushuand Dance Invitational event.
LIUGUANGUAN/CHINANEWSSERVICE
Twins and tripletswith their parents attend an event dedicated to Twins Dayin Kiev, Ukraine, on
Aug 4. Representatives of the National Register of Records set a newrecord of 67 babystrollers at one
location during the event. Twins Dayis celebrated around theworld on the first SundayofAugust.
PAVLOGONCHAR/NEWSCOMA“flying car” of Japanese electronics firm NEC Corp is shown
during a public test inAbiko, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo,
onAug 5. The experimentalvehicle,whichuses electric
propellers to hover in the air, is 3.9 meters long, 3.7 meterswide
and 1.3 meters tall.DAIGONAKAJIMA/JIJIPRESSAcarton factory
caught fire onAug6in
Anseong, South Korea.
Afirefighterwas killed
and 1 0 peoplewere
injured in the incident.
YONHAPNEWSAGENCY18 SNAPSHOTS August 9-15, 2 019 CHINA DAILY GLOBAL WEEKLY