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These Pictures of China from Above Are Stunning

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Stunning aerial photography shows China from thousands of feet above.

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In 2013 China's population was more than 1.3 billion, here a group of 1,000 customers pack into a sports center to receive a facial massage in Jinan, Shandong province, China. On Monday, another group of 1,000 women were given a 30-minute facial beauty treatment together achieving a Guinness record for the largest group of people having a beauty treatment in the same location, according to local media.

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An aerial view shows rice plants in the shape of the map of China in a paddy field in Zhonghong village, on the outskirts of Shanghai, China.

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New Audi cars in an open-air parking lot in Changchun, Jilin province, China.

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A public cemetery ahead of the Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. The festival, which falls on April 5 this year, is a day for the Chinese to remember and honor their ancestors.

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Boats set out from a port as the seasonal fishing ban ends in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China.

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Workers pick tea leaves at a tea plantation in Dongyang, Zhejiang province.

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Delivery men attend a training session in Shanghai, China.

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Students from a martial art school attend a training session as they perform Shaolin Kung Fu and other practices in Dengfeng, Henan Province, China.

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People fish along the bank of the Yellow River as the Sammenxia Dam discharges flood waters downstream, in Pinglu, Shanxi province.

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Flower fields from an aerial view in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.

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