ROAD TO HISTORY: North Shaanxi Road, a cultural and entertainment street in Shanghai, has been renovated to welcome visitors to the World Expo. First built in 1914, the road is lined with historical buildings (YANG HUANMIN)

AN OVERVIEW: A bird-eye view of the World Expo site on April 23 (FAN JUN)

LET'S GO GREEN: A fleet of sight-seeing cars powered by hydrogen fuel carry tourists around the World Expo site on April 23 (YANG LEI)

WARMING UP: Volunteers help visitors to book visit time at a booking machine during the World Expo's test run on April 23 (WU XIAOLING)

JOY RIDE: Visitors to the Denmark Pavilion enjoy a free bike ride along a 300-metre spiral bike path on April 25 (REN LONG)