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Photo: A squad of jockeys trot into the opening ceremony of the 24th Tourism Naadam Festival at Gegentala Grassland in Siziwang Banner, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Thursday. The seven-day event will feature Mongolian art exhibitions and traditional games, including Mongolian wrestling, horseracing and archery.

Bilingual: US President Barack Obama's speech on economic policy on Wednesday will be the first in an ambitious series of six addresses laying out a sweeping vision for the future of the United States. Cody Keenan, the speechwriter, sat down with Yahoo News and talked about his interaction with Obama while writing the speech.