Across America_(July 21)

Flower power - San Francisco

Jay Xu (second from right), Asian Art Museum director, holds award presented by Michael Empric (second from left), Guinness World Records official adjudicator, for the record of the largest human flower, outside the museum on July 15. A total of 2,405 people gathered in San Francisco's Civic Center to form a giant lotus epitomizing serenity, incorruptibility and non-violence in the face of adversity.?City Assessor Carmen Chu (right) served as the official witness, and comedian Dhaya Lakshminarayanan (left) kept the crowd jazzed as the emcee. Lia Zhu / China Daily