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Mei Xiang munches on a snack during her baby Bao Bao’s Zhuazhou first birthday ceremony at the National Zoo on August 23, 2014 in Washington, DC. During the Zhuazhou ceremony, a baby picks a symbolic object which will supposedly foretell the future. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN