Collage: China’s Week in Photos, Oct. 8-14

Collage: China’s Week in Photos, Oct. 8-14

A selection of the week’s best photos by Sixth Tone’s visual editors.

Oct 14, 2018#vivid tones

In this Week in Photos, the 2018 Shanghai Masters gets underway; October brings showers and cooler temperatures to much of China; and students participate in a fire drill in Zhangye, Gansu province.

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A fan reacts to Swiss tennis player Roger Federer’s loss to Borna Coric of Croatia in the semifinals of the 2018 Rolex Shanghai Masters, Oct. 13, 2018. Aly Song/Reuters/VCG

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A woman wears plastic bags on her feet on a cold and rainy day in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Oct. 10, 2018. Feng Zhoufeng/Southern Metropolis Daily/VCG

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A child fastens their raincoat on a rainy day in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, Oct. 13, 2018. Lei Jia/VCG

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Apple CEO Tim Cook poses for photos at an Apple store in Shanghai, Oct. 9, 2018. Aly Song/Reuters/VCG

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Head coach Lang Ping (center) huddles with her players during a second round match between China and the USA at the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship in Osaka, Japan, Oct. 10, 2018. Kimimasa Mayama/EPA

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Children run through a field in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province, Oct. 13, 2018. Yang Bo/CNS/VCG

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Students make a quick exit during a fire drill in Zhangye, Gansu province, Oct. 12, 2018. IC