Cooking up a jam session - New York

Performers from STOMP, a percussion performance group currently performing at the Orpheum Theater in New York,gave an impromptu jam session at Mala Project, a Chinese spicy dry pot restaurant in the East Village on Tuesday using the establishment's kitchenware. Since it was formed in 1991, STOMP has performed more than 20,000 times in 53 countries, including performances in Beijing last June. Shi Xi / For China Daily

Getting real - New York

Li Gang, CEO of Dlodlo, presents the world's lightest virtual-reality (VR) glasses at a launch event on Aug 8 in New York City. Dlodlo, founded in 2013 at Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong province, is dedicated to develop VR technology and related service. Judy Zhu / For China Daily

Put it there - New York

Paddlers cheer after a dragon boat race in the 26th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival on Aug 7 in Flushing, Queens. Judy Zhu / For China Daily

Young ambassadors - New York

The fi nal round of the '21st Century' Cup Global Youth Ambassador Competition was held at United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday. Shi Xi / For China Daily