A ceremony to mark Sansha city's establishment takes place July 24 on a square in front of the city government's main building on Yongxing Island, a part of the Xisha Islands. Huang Yiming / China Daily
Flood water spills from the Three Gorges Dam, a hydropower project on the Yangtze River, in Yichang city, Central China's Hubei province, July 24, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]