Xinhua Photos of the Day (March. 5)

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Beijing, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

A staff of a company, which used to deal with industrial waste, disinfects disposal buckets filled with medical waste in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 5, 2020. The company suspended its normal business after the epidemic outbreak and takes on the task of disposing of medical waste. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)

Argentinean Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia speaks during a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 3, 2020. Argentinean authorities on Tuesday confirmed the country's first case of the COVID-19. (Photo by Martin Zabala/Xinhua)

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera reacts as he speaks at the La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago, Chile, March 3, 2020. Chilean health authorities on Tuesday announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the country. (Agencia Uno/Handout via Xinhua)

Medical workers of the hospital of Kyungpook National University transfer a patient in Daegu, South Korea, March 4, 2020.(Photo by Lee Sang-ho/Xinhua)-KOREA OUT-

Passengers get on a bus to a quarantine center after arriving in Hong Kong, south China, March 4, 2020. The flight carrying the first batch of Hong Kong residents in Hubei Province arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday afternoon. Those more than 100 passengers were directly sent to a quarantine center where they will take virus tests and undergo a 14-day quarantine. (Xinhua)

A sign reading "shortage of FFP2 protective face mask, chirurgical face mask, and alcohol hand sanitising gel" is seen on the front door of a pharmacy in Dieppe, northeastern France, March 4, 2020.(Xinhua/Gao Jing)

Voters are seen at a polling station in San Francisco, the United States, March 3, 2020. Voters of 14 U.S. states cast ballots for their preferred candidate on "Super Tuesday" for the 2020 presidential election. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

Photo taken on Feb. 29, 2020 shows former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (front) attending a "Women for Mike 2020" campaign event in McLean of Virginia, the United States.Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Wednesday that he's suspending his presidential campaign and is endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

Denys Shmyhal is seen at Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, March 4, 2020. Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has appointed Denys Shmyhal as Prime Minister of Ukraine, according to the parliament's official website Wednesday. (Photo by Sergey Starostenko/Xinhua)

Mori Yoshiro, president of Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), reacts in a media huddle after participating in the IOC Executive Board Meeting via Visio in Tokyo, Japan, March 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)

People attend a meeting releasing Edelman Trust Barometer 2020 in Brussels, Belgium, March 3, 2020.

China has once again topped a trust index among 28 markets surveyed worldwide, with a record high public confidence in its government, business, media, and NGOs, showed the results published on Tuesday.

According to Edelman Trust Barometer 2020, China achieved 82 points among the general population, four points higher than 2019 and nine than 2018. It is the third consecutive year China has kept the position. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

The UN Security Council holds a meeting on the Iraq issue at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, March 3, 2020.

China's UN envoy on Tuesday called for a "good atmosphere" to be created for political dialogue and national reconciliation in Iraq.(Xinhua/Li Muzi)

Workers make protective suits at the workshop of Foshan Nanhai Plus Medical Co., Ltd. in Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

A shop owner sells clothes through live streaming at a wholesale market in Haicheng, northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 4, 2020. To minimize the risk of cross-infection, some shop owners of the market used live streaming to promote their products amid the fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

Volunteer Li Wenqi stands in the snow at a checking point for epidemic prevention in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

A fighter of the UN-backed Government of National Accord is seen during clashes with Libyan National Army (LNA) forces at the As-Sawani frontline in Tripoli, Libya, on March 4, 2020. (Photo by Amru Salahuddien/Xinhua)