Various people stroll or take photos along a pedestrian bridge near Shanghai's famed Oriental Pearl Tower. The tower's lower section, with its distinctive tripod legs and silver sphere—adorned with triangular panels in shades of pink, purple, and dark red—dominates the skyline, making other nearby glass and concrete high-rises look tiny in comparison.

Oriental Pearl tower in Shanghai 上海东方明珠 – crowds, by Alpha (CC BY-NC 2.0)