Posed graduation photos are popular across China, although at many colleges, students don’t wear robes typical at American schools or even walk across a stage. It's an annual trend for students graduating from Chinese universities and schools to pose for creative graduation photographs - often taken from the air.

In the aerial photos, they often spell out words or symbols.

Students pose for a graduation at Shandong University of Science and Technology in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province May 17, 2018.
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