Ding Yining

<p>In this Week in Photos, Typhoon Lekima leaves a path of destruction along the Chinese coast; people celebrate Zhongyuan Jie, or the country’s annual Ghost Festival, in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; and a worker supervises a compulsory recycling point in Beijing.</p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="0" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="1" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="2" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="3" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="4" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="5" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="6" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div><p></p>

Collage: China’s Week in Photos, Aug. 12–18

Visual stories that get up close and personal with contemporary China. A mix of short videos, documentaries, photography, and data visualization.

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