The roaming elephants take rest on Monday in Xiyang township of Jinning district, Kunming, Southwest China’s Yunnan province. Photo: VCG

An elephant takes a nap in Jinning district on Monday. Photo: VCG

A cub lies on an adult elephant to take a nap on Monday in Jinning district. Photo: VCG

Elephants wander in the grassland of Xiyang township in Jinning district on Monday. One male elephant was left alone and stayed four kilometers away from the group. Photo: Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade

Elephants walk on farmland in Xiyang township on Monday. Photo: Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade

Elephants eat crops in Xiyang township on Monday. Photo: Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade

Elephants roam in a neighborhood near the Shuanghe township in Jinning district on Friday. Photo: VCG

Elephants pass through cropland in Shuanghe township of Jinning district on Thursday afternoon. The herd had been moving westward in an “S” shape since entering Kunming on Wednesday night. Photo: VCG

Elephants walk into a village in Hongta district, Yuxi, Southwest China’s Yunnan province, on Wednesday evening around 7 o’clock. Photo: Meng Zhubin/City Times, VCG