Rescue workers hold a moment of silence for three minutes at a ceremony to mark the seventh day since the Eastern Star went down in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, China, June 7, 2015.
A student hugs her father before attending theGaokao, Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, June 7.
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Students carrying books leave for home at Wanzhi Education School, a school special for second-time applicants for college, in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, June 4, 2015.
The transport ministry said the operation to start righting the ship, which overturned during a freak tornado, would start at 8 pm on Thursday.
Hundreds of people gathered in a public square in Jianli on Thursday clutching candles and flowers to pray for the passengers on the sunken cruise.
The Golden State Warriors, led by the league's Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry, drew first blood in the best-of-seven NBA Finals with a thrilling 108-100 overtime victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game One on Thursday.
Fireflies living in bottles at night on Thursday.
Chicago Mayor Raul Emanuel speaks at a ceremony on Wednesday morning accepting the gift of an outdoor sculpture from the Windy City's sister city of Shanghai.