Weekly Photos: Aug 27 - Sept 2

All freshmen pose for a group photo with faculty members and guests at the South University of Science and Technology (SUSTC) in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept 2, 2012. The founding ceremony and the opening ceremony of the new semester of SUSTC was held here on Sunday. The university is widely regarded as the country's first test for a new educational system meant to give the students better training for innovative research. A total of 188 students from six provinces of the country were admitted to the SUSTC this July. [Photo/Xinhua]

Rescuers are ready to go down the shaft at Xiaojiawan Coal Mine in Panzhihua city, southwest China's Sichuan province, on Sept 2, 2012. Death toll has risen to 41 in Wednesday's colliery blast at the coal mine in Sichuan Province as more bodies were retrieved. Five others remained trapped, officials said Friday. [Photo/Xinhua]

The moon rises over the skyline of Lujiazui financial district of Pudong and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower (L) in Shanghai Sept 2, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]