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Beijing, Jan. 1, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Fireworks are set off on New Year's Eve near the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)
New Year fireworks explode near the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)
Fireworks explode during the Marina Bay Singapore Countdown 2020 in Singapore, on Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)
A performance is held at the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar to celebrate the New Year in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Folk artists perform dragon dance at the Taierzhuang ancient town in east China's Shandong Province to celebrate the coming New Year, Dec. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Fan Changguo)
People attend New Year's eve celebration in the Old Town of Dubrovnik, Croatia, on Dec. 31, 2019. (Grgo Jelavic/Pixsell via Xinhua)
Fireworks explode over Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand, on Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)
Palestinian Fatah supporters attend a rally marking the 55th anniversary of the Fatah movement in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Dec. 31, 2019. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)
Israeli soldiers and military tanks are seen in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights during a military drill on Dec. 30, 2019. The Israeli military was in a state of high alert in the Golan Heights, in readiness for possible retaliation by Iran after U.S. strikes on Kata'ib Hezbollah facilities in Iraq and Syria Sunday. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
Protestors gather in front of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 31, 2019.
Hundreds of demonstrators, participating in mourning for the Hashd Shaabi members killed by U.S. attacks in Iraq, stormed the U.S. embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone on Tuesday, a security official said.
Many of the protestors, wearing Hashd Shaabi's military uniforms, rallied outside the embassy, chanting slogans condemning airstrikes by the U.S. forces against Hashd Shaabi bases in Iraq. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)
A participant waits for the start of the New Year celebration on Times Square in New York, the United States, on Dec. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
A man stands in front of his newly-built house after his old one was completely destroyed during battles to liberate Mosul from the IS group in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 23, 2019. As the New Year is around the corner, residents in Mosul in north Iraq are yearning for a better life in 2020. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)
A tractor works on road construction at a cliff in Abuluoha Village in Butuo County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 18, 2019. A cable car service was launched Tuesday to provide free rides for villagers on a cliff. The ropeway, about 420 meters long and more than 400 meters high, connects Abuluoha Village to the outside world in a more convenient way.
Surrounded by mountains, the village of over 250 residents has sat in isolation and poverty for more than 50 years. In the past, people had to spend at least three hours climbing up and down steep mountainous roads to get to other places.
With a carrying capacity of 1 tonne, the cable car can hold up to eight people during one trip. It also can transport villagers' motorbikes, grain and vegetables across the Xixi river canyon within 20 minutes. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Photo taken on Dec. 31, 2019 shows the National Speed Skating Oval, also known as the "Ice Ribbon", in Beijing, capital of China. Construction of the venue is progressing as scheduled. It is expected to host test events in June 2020 for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
A man carries a monkey on his shoulders in New Delhi, India, early Dec. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
Giant panda Gong Gong eats grapes at the Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 31, 2019. On the last day of 2019, staff of the garden specially prepared sticks of fruits and vegetables for giant pandas Gong Gong and Shun Shun. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
A Palestinian vendor sells balloons on a street in Gaza City, Dec. 31, 2019. On the New Year's eve, the Palestinians living in the impoverished coastal enclave of Gaza Strip, under Israeli siege since 2007, wished for a better life in the year of 2020. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)■
