In this Week in Photos, as people around the country prepare to mark the traditional Tomb-Sweeping Festival, a deceased cat is treated at a funeral home for pets in Beijing and a man lies in a coffin to experience the feeling of death in China’s northeastern Liaoning province. In other parts of the country, an attentive crowd watches a vicious dog fight in southern China’s Guizhou province, and an elderly lady playing the lute rollerblades around a park in the northeastern province of Jilin with a pumpkin and tomato on her head.
 

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Villagers watch a dog fight in Fuquan, Guizhou province, March 30, 2017. Wu Rubo/IC

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A woman combs the fur of a deceased pet cat before its funeral in Beijing, March 27, 2017. Zhao Feng/IC

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A man lies in a coffin to experience the feeling of death in Shenyang, Liaoning province, April 1, 2017. Tian Weitao/IC

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The aerial view of a cemetery in Shenyang, Liaoning province, April 1, 2017. IC

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Elementary school students wearing traditional opera masks do physical exercises in the school playground in Wuhan, Hubei province, March 28, 2017. Jin Siliu/IC

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A model puts on her boots before the JD and Uyen fashion show, during the China Fashion Week in Beijing, March 29, 2017. Thomas Peter/Reuters

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A 71-year-old woman playing the ‘pipa’ lute rollerblades in a park with a pumpkin and a tomato on her head in the city of Jilin, Jilin province, March 31, 2017. Wang Chang/IC