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Collage: China’s Week in Photos, May 14-20

A selection of the week’s best photos by Sixth Tone’s visual editors.
May 20, 20181-min read #vivid tones

In this Week in Photos, China’s Lunar Palace 365 research project breaks the world record for the longest time people have spent living in a closed, self-sustaining environment; small factories in China busy themselves producing goods for the approaching 2018 FIFA World Cup; and fishermen lay out their catch during the shrimp harvest in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province.

Workers haul a giant replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy at a small factory on the outskirts of Shanghai, May 15, 2018. Aly Song/Reuters
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Workers haul a giant replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy at a small factory on the outskirts of Shanghai, May 15, 2018. Aly Song/Reuters
Deaf and hearing-impaired people perform a Buddhist ‘thousand hand’ dance to mark Sunday’s National Day for Helping the Disabled in Kunming, Yunnan province, May 19, 2018. Wong Campion/Reuters
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Deaf and hearing-impaired people perform a Buddhist ‘thousand hand’ dance to mark Sunday’s National Day for Helping the Disabled in Kunming, Yunnan province, May 19, 2018. Wong Campion/Reuters
A woman sorts through air-dried shrimp in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, May 19, 2018. Wang Chun/VCG
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A woman sorts through air-dried shrimp in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, May 19, 2018. Wang Chun/VCG
Volunteers leave a simulation space cabin at the end of the 370-day Lunar Palace 365 experiment conducted inside a self-sustaining environment at Beihang University in Beijing, May 15, 2018. The participants are holding vegetables that they grew in the cabin. IC
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Volunteers leave a simulation space cabin at the end of the 370-day Lunar Palace 365 experiment conducted inside a self-sustaining environment at Beihang University in Beijing, May 15, 2018. The participants are holding vegetables that they grew in the cabin. IC
Rescue workers take part in an emergency response drill in Deyang, Sichuan province, May 16, 2018. VCG
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Rescue workers take part in an emergency response drill in Deyang, Sichuan province, May 16, 2018. VCG
A woman and child are drenched in a sudden shower as they ride an electric bike in Beijing, May 15, 2018. Zhang Boyuan/Caixin/VCG
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A woman and child are drenched in a sudden shower as they ride an electric bike in Beijing, May 15, 2018. Zhang Boyuan/Caixin/VCG
A worker installs solar panels in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, May 15, 2018. Geng Yuhe/IC
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A worker installs solar panels in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, May 15, 2018. Geng Yuhe/IC