Giving spirit - New York

Alice Hom (left), principal of PS 124 Yung Wing School, students and a donor gather for the presentation of a check at the TD Bank Chinatown in New York on Aug 7. The bank donated $2,000 to the Chinatown school to support collaborative arts programs. Hong Xiao / For China Daily

Startup winner - New York

Hongwen Zhu (left), a doctor at Tianjin hospital, is CEO of Ortlas, a healthcare startup that won fi rst place in the third annual CorpStarter North America Venture Contest, held at the KPMG offi ces in New York on Aug 4. Over the past three years, the CorpStarter competition has helped several seed ideas secure fi nancing, legal services and offi ce space. Paul Welitzkin / China Daily

Enter the dragons - New York

Cross Cultural Internship Program (CCIP) exchange visitors attend their Chinese culture booth at the annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival held in Flushing, New York on Aug 8. Started in 1990, the festival is an annual multicultural sporting event held to celebrate the fi fth month of the lunar calendar. The CCIP is an annual summer program for Asian exchange visitors to experience US society started in 2008 and is administered by Fusia Communication.Provided To China Daily

Victory remembered - New York

Gu Xinying (front row, fi fth from left), director of the New York Northeastern Chinese Association, holds a press conference on August 15 with co-host organizations to announce a ceremony marking the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II and victory of Chinese people's resistance against Japanese Invasion. The ceremony will be held on Aug 15 - the day Japan surrendered to the Allies - at the Sheraton LaGuardia Hotel in Flushing, Queens.Hezi Jiang / China Daily