AP PHOTOS: Banners herald China’s Communist Party congress

In this Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, photo, a woman wearing a face mask walks past a billboard for the upcoming Communist Party congress in Beijing. As China’s ruling Communist Party kicks off its twice-a-decade national congress on Wednesday, buildings, bridges and construction sites around Beijing have been festooned with banners heralding the party’s merits and its goal of realizing the “Chinese Dream” of greater prosperity. The billboard says “Regard striving as beauty, give a salute to actions, strive to create a better future for the development of the capital city.” (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)