10 million Chinese students sit one gruelling exam
Students in Dayangshu township in Inner Mongolia on June 5, 2019, as they wait for a "gaokao train." The train operates once a year and takes 450 students from Dayangshu to a town 135 kilometers (84 miles) away where they will sit their college entrance exam.
10 million Chinese students sit one gruelling exam
Students wait for a "gaokao train" at Dayangshu Station in Inner Mongolia on June 5, 2019.
10 million Chinese students sit one gruelling exam
Students board a "gaokao train" in Inner Mongolia on June 5, 2019.
10 million Chinese students sit one gruelling exam
Students study for their college entrance exam on a "gaokao train" in Inner Mongolia on June 5, 2019.
10 million Chinese students sit one gruelling exam
Parents cheer on their children who are sitting their college entrance exam in Huaibei city, Anhui province, on June 7, 2019.
10 million Chinese students sit one gruelling exam
Chinese students review their textbooks before sitting the college entrance exam in Nanning city, in southern China, on June 7, 2019.
10 million Chinese students sit one gruelling exam
Students enter Nanjing Tin Ka Ping Senior High School, in the eastern city of Nanjing, where they will sit their college entrance exam on June 7, 2019.
10 million Chinese students sit one gruelling exam
High school students in Huizhou, Guangdong province, throw books into the air on June 5, 2019, ahead of their college entrance exam on June 7.
10 million Chinese students sit one gruelling exam
High school students in Huizhou shout words of encouragement on June 5, 2019, ahead of the college entrance exam.