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| On Black Monday, China's all-important Shanghai Composite index fell 8.5% in its worst collapse since 2007, sending shockwaves around the world. Here is the story as told through the expressions and gestures of the traders and investors. | On Black Monday, China's all-important Shanghai Composite index fell 8.5% in its worst collapse since 2007, sending shockwaves around the world. Here is the story as told through the expressions and gestures of the traders and investors. |
| An unusually high number of investors in China are amateur. A woman in Hangzhou reflected the general mood | |
| This man, sitting in a brokerage in Beijing, was visibly distraught - green means down on the Chinese market boards | |
| A concerned glance up from one screen to another in Tokyo, Japan. Disbelief perhaps? | |
| Investors across the world had alarming news to wake up to - these men in Mumbai, India were closely watching the falling figures | |
| A trader in Mumbai. China's dramatic drop is largely down to fears that the rate its economy is growing could be slowing more than thought | |
| The scene on the floor in Frankfurt | |
| Across the Atlantic, New York Stock Exchange traders had a busy day... | |
| ... and a frustrating one | |
| Black Monday in New York was a long, long day | |
| This trader found time to take some tension outside | |
| In Chicago, however... | |
| The anxiety was evident too |