Models show Mongolian-style costumes at a fashion show in Xiangshawan, a tourist attraction featuring Gobi Desert scenes, in Ordos, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on July 18. [Photo/Xinhua]

A controlled explosion causes a blast to remove hazardous rocks near a barrier lake formed by continuous rainfall in Sanjiao village, Southwest China's Sichuan province on July 18, 2013. More blasts will follow to carve out a flood channel and discharge floodwater.[Photo/Xinhua]