Senior high students in China are days away from sitting the national college entrance examination on July 7 and 8. The crucial exam was postponed for a month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding that the prolonged time could add extra stress to this year's group of students, many schools have created activities to help students de-stress and boost their mental health. /CFP

Students at the First Middle School of Dao County in central China's Hunan Province use punching bags to release stress, July 1, 2020. /CFP

The Xiamen No.1 high school in southeast China's Fujian Province organized a squirt gun event for its senior students, June 20, 2020. /CFP

Senior students wrote with their wishes on balloons and released them in Huaibei City, Anhui Province, June 22, 2020. /CFP