Shooting star - New York

Emmanuel Mudiay, a 19-year-old basketball player originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, speaks with members of the media at the Westin Times Square Hotel on June 24 in New York. Mudiay, who played for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association this season, was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 7th overall pick in the National Basketball Association's 2015 NBA Draft. Jack Freifelder / China Daily