(Yicai Global) Aug. 7 -- TikTok, the Chinese app that is in talks to sell its US operations to Microsoft, has garnered 2.1 billion global downloads as of May, becoming an online sensation that connects people around the world via dance videos and pranks.

Youngsters were filming a TikTok video on a rooftop in Hyderabad, India.

TikTok celebrity Spencer X, a beatboxer sponsored by energy drink brand Monster Energy, was performing in front of a mirror in California.

A group of people, dressed in hazmat suits, were making a video outside the UK's Cabinet Office.

Actress Marie Zaccagnino and singer Sean Sheridan chose the iconic Brooklyn Bridge as their filming location.

Nhu and Thanh were creating make-up and fashion videos in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

Editor: Chen Juan, Emmi Laine