TOURIST MAGNET: Tourists taste local snacks on a street near Shanghai's Chenghuang Temple on May 2. Many tourists from home and abroad are drawn to Shanghai by the World Expo (YANG GUANG)

RIVER OF PEOPLE: Visitors queue in front of the United Kingdom Pavilion on May 1. People flooded into the World Expo site on the first day of its opening to the public (LUO XIAOGUANG)

BLOOMING CITY: Fireworks at the opening ceremony of the World Expo in Shanghai on April 30 (GUO DAYUE)

DAY ONE: Visitors wait to enter the France Pavilion on May 1. More than 200,000 people toured the World Expo site on the first day the Expo opened to the public (YANG GUANG)

EXOTIC FOLK DANCE: Fiji dancers perform at the Oceania Square in the World Expo site on May 2 (CHEN SHUGEN)