Xinhua Photos of the Day (June 17)

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Beijing, June 17 (Xinhua) --The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

Members of the Beijing Blue Sky Rescue(BSR) team conduct disinfection at the Yuegezhuang wholesale market in Beijing, capital of China, June 16, 2020.

Beijing has disinfected 276 farm produce markets and closed 11 such underground and semi-underground markets as of 6 a.m. Tuesday to better curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, Chen Yankai, deputy director of the municipal market supervision bureau, told a press conference on Tuesday.

A total of 33,173 catering service providers have also been disinfected, Chen added. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

A shopper enters Selfridges department store in Oxford Street as it reopens in London, Britain on June 15, 2020.

Although strict two-meter distancing rules continued, customers queued to enter the doors of their favourite shops in England Monday morning. One-way systems around shopping aisles were also introduced, with staff ensuring customers followed the rules. (Photo by Ray Tang/Xinhua)

Kids look at penguins through an underwater viewer at ZSL (the Zoological Society of London) London Zoo on the first day of its reopening since lockdown restrictions eased in London, Britain on June 15, 2020.

As non-essential stores reopened and more students headed back to schools in England on Monday for the first time in almost three-months, zoos and safari parks across the country were also allowed to reopen Monday. (Xinhua/Han Yan)

Aerial photo taken on June 10, 2020 shows a view of a wetland park in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

Photo taken on June 15, 2020 shows goldfish in a fish pond at Chenhui Technology Group in north China's Tianjin. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

A worker wearing protective equipment disinfects an area which is under lockdown as a precautionary measure to help fight the spread of COVID-19 in Sanaa, Yemen, June 16, 2020. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)

A couple wearing face masks walk at Lake Tuz in central Anatolia, Turkey, on June 16, 2020.

Turkey reported 1,467 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, making the country's total diagnosed patients 181,298, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

Two couples are silhouetted against the sunset at the northern town of Oia on Santorini island, Greece, June 14, 2020.

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, Greece's attractions reopened their gates to tourists on Monday, with protecting the health of visitors and locals being its top priority, as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced. (Photo by Lefteris Partsalis/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on June 15, 2020 shows deer at the Shenzuo scenic area in Aba County of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The Shenzuo scenic area is endowed with abundant tourism resources, notably its vast forests and ethnic cultures. From 2016 to May of 2020, the scenic area has received 417,500 visitors and brought in a revenue of 184 million yuan (about 26 million U.S. dollars). By taking part in the local tourism industry, 113 households have shaken off poverty between 2017 and 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

A woman wearing a face mask takes a bus in London, Britain, on June 15, 2020.

As non-essential stores reopen and more students head back to schools in England on Monday for the first time in almost three-months, a new rule also came into force requiring people travelling on public transport to wear face coverings during their journeys.

Under the new rule, people in England travelling on trains, buses and commuter ferries, as well as the London Underground, must wear face coverings during their journeys. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)