Chinese factory shreds wedding photos for fuel

Wedding photos are big business in China, where parks, temples and historic sites often teem with newlyweds posing for elaborate shots capturing their supposedly unbreakable bond.

This photo taken on March 27, 2024 shows worker Liu Wei spraying paint on clients’ unwanted wedding photos at a warehouse in Langfang, in northern China's Hebei province. At a dusty warehouse in northern China, Liu Wei feeds photos of beaming bridal couples into an industrial shredder -- turning stories of heartbreak into a source of electricity. (AFP)