A dog butcher confronts animal rights activists in Yulin, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on June 18, 2014. An annual festival, slated for June 21 in Yulin, celebrates a local tradition of eating dog meat hotpot and lychees and drinking strong liquor on the summer solstice. But the festival has been shrouded in controversy over alleged animal abuse.[Photo/CFP]