Festival held to celebrate end of hops harvest in Canada

A woman tastes a small glass of fresh beer during the the third British Columbia (BC) Hop Festival in Abbotsford, east of Vancouver in Canada, on Sept. 30, 2017. The one-day event celebrated the end of the hops harvest here on Saturday, which ran for about three weeks starting at the end of August. Hops are small cone-shaped buds that are used to season a beer, providing bitterness, aroma and flavor. (Xinhua/Liang Sen)