In Pictures: China's annual national college entrance examinations commence

Anxious parents see their children off as almost 11 million Chinese students begin taking their delayed college entrance exams.

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Jul 07, 2020, 04:11 PM

A student high-fives with his parents before entering a school to sit the National College Entrance Examination in Beijing on July 7, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Students queue outside a school before taking the National College Entrance Examination in Huaian, China, on July 7, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A student has his body temperature checked before entering a school to sit the National College Entrance Examination in Nanjing, China, on July 7, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Police officers stand guard outside a school as students queue to enter before taking the National College Entrance Examination in Huaian, China, on July 7, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A man outside a school in Shenyang holds a sign encouraging students to have good results on their examination, on July 7, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Students arrive at a school to sit the National College Entrance Examination in Nanjing, China, on July 7, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Parents wait outside a school as students take the National College Entrance Examination in Shenyang, China, on July 7, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Students arrive at a school to sit the National College Entrance Examination in Nanjing, China, on July 7, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Students wearing protective face masks walk to enter a school to attend the first day of China's annual national college entrance examinations, as their teachers and relatives wait for them, in Beijing on July 7, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A student embraces his mother before entering a school to sit the National College Entrance Examination in Beijing on July 7, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Students get in some last minute study outside a school before entering to sit the National College Entrance Examination in Beijing on July 7, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

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