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Temple time

Jill Biden, second from right, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, greets a femalemonk at a Buddhist temple in Seoul on Saturday. Biden left for Vietnam on Sundayafter visiting Korea for two days to promote women’s education and economicempowerment. She is the first U.S. second lady to visit Korea. / Yonhap

Here to buy

Chinese shoppers pack into a Lotte Duty Free store in downtown Seoul on Sunday. Chinese and other foreign tourists are returning to Korea as fears of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) have eased, according to retailers and travel agencies. / Yonhap

Water slide in city

A child takes a ride on a tube on a 120-meter-long water slide at the “Slide The City” event, which is part of the summer festival, Hangang Mongttang, at the Hangang Park in Seoul, Friday. The event will continue through July 19./ Yonhap

A-Pink releases 2nd album

Korean girl group A-Pink poses for a photo during a showcase in Seoul, Thursday, to promote its new second album “Pink Memory.” / Yonhap

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Summer fruit

Grapevines are heavily loaded with green grapes at an orchard in Chuncheon, Ganwon Province, Wednesday. / Yonhap

Academic-industrial cooperation

Hwang Sun-hye, right, president of Sookmyung Women’s University,shakes hands with Chang Chul-ho, president of the Korea Electrical Contractors Association, after signing an agreement related to academic-industrial cooperation on nurturing students with industrial skills. / Courtesy of Sookmyung Women’s University

Lawmakers' choir

Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties practice a song for a planned performance at a Liberation Day event at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Aug. 15. Fourteen lawmakers will sing with 17 merchants from a fisheries market in Noryangjin, Seoul. / Courtesy of KBS

Environmentally friendly duck

Environmental activists pose with “Betty,” a duck model made of cloth, near Jonggak Station in central Seoul, Tuesday. Betty, which is similar to the “Rubber Duck” created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, was made by the U.S. Center for Health, Environment & Justice to promote public awareness of environmentally hazardous material like polyvinylchloride, which the Rubber Duck was made of. / Yonhap

Attracting Chinese tourists back

Chinese bloggers, travel writers and tourism operators listen to a tour guide at a shopping mall in Dongdaemun, Seoul, Tuesday. Korean Air and Hotel Shilla invited them in an attempt to attract Chinese tourists who have avoided Korea since it was hit by Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in late May. / Yonhap