Russina diplomats including a member of the Russia delegation believed to be Boris Bondarev (right with glasses), Russia's counsellor to the United Nations in Geneva, photographed at open-ended Workin...

Russina diplomats including a member of the Russia delegation believed to be Boris Bondarev (right with glasses), Russia's counsellor to the United Nations in Geneva, photographed at open-ended Workin...

Russina diplomats including a member of the Russia delegation believed to be Boris Bondarev (right with glasses), Russia's counsellor to the United Nations in Geneva, photographed at open-ended Workin...

Delegates carry ballots towards a ballot box during a voting session at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People.

Xi Jinping, China's president, casts his ballot during a vote at a session at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People.

An attendant sits on the upper auditorium floor at the Great Hall of the People as a military band files past before the opening of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC).

Delegates listen to s speech given during the opening of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC).

An attendant walks through the Great Hall of the People as others are seated in a row before the opening of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC).

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang chat with each other during a voting session at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People.

An attendant looks out from behind a curtain at the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People.

A delegate sits alone on stage in the Great Hall of the People ahead of the opening of the first session of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Delegates wearing ethnic minority costumes sit alongside attendants inside the Great Hall of the People ahead of the opening of the first session of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Co...

A soldier salutes out side of the Great Hall of the People after the opening of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC).

Red flags fly in the wind as attendants stand nearby out side of the Great Hall of the People after the opening of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC).

A military band files into the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People.