Got algae?

Top: A restaurant in Qingdao, Shandong province, has started serving algae dishes as authorities are struggling to remove them from coastal waters. The restaurant invented seven ways of cooking algae, including fried algae with eggs, algae nuts and algae duck soup. Above: Boarder-control police in Qingdao continued their cleanup of the algae that overwhelmed the beaches and coastal waters on Thursday. Local authorities have removed 23,000 tons of algae, which covered more than 290 sq km of coastal waters. Photos by Li Ziheng / Xinhua