County linked at last with outside world

1. A motorcyclist and passenger ride across the bridge over the Yarlung Zangbo River in Dexing township of Medog county in the Tibet autonomous region.

2. People try to free a car stuck in the mud.

3. Young men of the Monba ethnic group prepare for a traditional dance performance.

4. People still have to carry their daily necessities to Medog when the road is flooded by heavy rain.

5. Workers repair damaged sections of the Zhamog-Medog road. Mud and landslides occur frequently from April to November. Photos by Kuang Linhua / China Daily