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Weekly Photos: August 8 - 14

Updated: 2011-08-15 10:30

(chinadaily.com.cn)

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Weekly Photos: August 8 - 14

A model has her makeup adjusted during a bridal makeup contest in Bozhou, East China's Anhui province, August 12, 2011. Thirty participants were given 40 minutes to finish the makeup in the local occupational skills contest. The cost of a wedding differs much in different areas of China. The average cost is 100,000 yuan ($15,600) in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, according to Dong Bin, the chairman of the province’s Wedding Association. A recent online survey in the economically well-developed city of Dongguan, South China's Guangdong province, put the average cost at 395,000 yuan. [Photo/CFP] 


Weekly Photos: August 8 - 14

A police boat patrols in front of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN76) as it arrives in Hong Kong August 12, 2011. The carrier arrived in Hong Kong for a four-day routine port call. [Photo/Agencies] 


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