A man walks past a birdcage just inside of Man Fu Lou restaurant in Beijing.
A small boy gets a little help down the steps from one tower near the Great Wall's Mutianyu section.
In the shadow of apartments built for an influx of technology workers to Beijing's Wudaokou district, life in the hutong goes on at a slower pace.
Fishermen mill around on a pier at Beijing's Houhai lake.
A man loads a cage of pigeons into a truck before setting them free at Tiananmen Square.
Three women in Beijing's upscale Xidan shopping center pass a fashion advertisement.