Participants compete in a dragon boat race held to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, in Aberdeen fishing harbor in Hong Kong, China, 30 May 2017. A dragon boat race was held in a Hong Kong on the Dragon Boat Festival (May 30). The race, involving over 60 boats, was organized in celebration of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival, also named Duanwu Festival, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar in honor of Qu Yuan, an ancient Chinese poet and statesman. (Photo by Wang Qian/AFP Photo/Imaginechina)
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