Female honor guards train at a camp in Beijing ahead of a military parade planned for September 3.

 

 

 

 

 

A female solider directs honor guards to sing after training at a camp in Beijing ahead of a military parade planned for September 3. It is the first time China's female guards of honor will attend a military parade. The guards are all soldiers from Bethune Military Medical College in Shijiazhuang in Hebei province.