A girl from Beijing poses for photos beside a parterre in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 27, 2010. As the Shoton (Yogurt) Festival draws near, a total of 100,000 pots of flowers have been put into use to decorate squares and streets in Lhasa recently. The Shoton Festival of Tibetan ethnic group is celebrated in the best season of a year in the forms of eating yogurt, appreciating Zang opera and holding the exhibitions of buddhist statues. [Chogo/Xinhua]