China's lavender town: Xinjiang Ili River Valley (1/7)

Worker Huang Tingju (R) and her daughter-in-low Wan Lu stand in a lavender field in Huocheng County of Ili, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 30, 2014. Reputed as "China's Lavender Town", the Ili River Valley of Xinjiang now owns a total planting area of 30,000 mu (2,000 hectares) of lavender and produces 95 percent of the country's lavender-related products. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)