A national red sports meeting with 14 events, mainly fun games, was held from June 26-28 in a bid to commemorate CPC's revolutionary days.
A protester (L) throws a chair at a riot policeman during violent protests against austerity measures in Athens, June 28, 2011. With Greece teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, parliament is due to vote this week on a package of spending cuts, tax increases and privatisations agreed as part of a massive bailout aimed at averting the euro zone's first default.
A woman holding an umbrella catches her shoe washed away by floodwaters on a street in Changsha, the capital of Central China's Hunan province, June 28, 2011. Streets were submerged in the floods and traffic fell into a total chaos in some parts of the downtown areas asa fresh downpour hit the city.
The French finance minister became the first woman IMF chief since the institution's inception in 1944.
Vehicles pile up on a road on Liupan mountain in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, June 27, 2011. Traffic on the road was brought to a standstill, snaking back 3 kilometers, before reaching the toll booths near the entrance of a tunnel. Motorists suspected the inefficiency of the toll booths caused the traffic jam.
Xu starts his 2,700-kilometer journey for the "Riding to watch 2012 London Olympics" campaign from Dalian, coastal city in Northeast China's Liaoning province, on June 27,2011.[Photo/Xinhua]
Students from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology pose for photos celebrating their graduation in Tiananmen Square in front of a giant emblem of the Communist Party of China (CPC) that was erected for the 90th anniversary of CPC.
The forestry administration in Southwest China's Sichuan province launched a wild panda population survey at the weekend, which is the prelude to a new nationwide census of this endangered mammal.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) welcomes Premier Wen Jiabao at Villa Liebermann at the Wannsee lake before a dinner in Berlin, June 27, 2011.
Legendary club River Plate was relegated to the Argentine second division for the first time in its 110-year history, sparking ugly street battles between police and fans with dozens injured inside and outside Monumental stadium.
Girls looking for love walk down a catwalk during a matchmaking event in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province on June 25, 2011.
More than one million jubilant New Yorkers lined on Fifth Avenue on Sunday for the city's annual Gay Pride Parade, celebrating the passage of an historic bill legalizing same-sex marriage signed into law Friday night.