Morning mist rolls in, gently lifting the Yao village.

On the eve of the 50th Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 22 (local time), a French security guard had an unexpected encounter with Laura, an art toy from Dongguan. Julien Eustache, who was on duty at the festival entrance, kept a Laura figurine on his desk in hopes of finding the company that made it. He had received the basketball-loving, starry-eyed girl from Dongguan as a gift at last year's festival and has adored it ever since.

A dazzling parade composed of over 170 dragon boats took center stage in downtown Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, during the Duanwu Festival, which falls on June 19 this year.