Xinhua Photos of the Day (Feb. 18)

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BEIJING, Feb. 18, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

A transport aircraft of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force arrives at Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Li He)

A recovered coronavirus patient from Huanan seafood market holds a certificate for blood donation while donating plasma at Wuhan Blood Center in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 17, 2020. Cured patients who were infected with COVID-19 are called upon to donate plasma as initial results had indicated the effectiveness of convalescent plasma-derived therapeutic products in curing infected patients in severe and critical conditions.

Some recovered patients regard the donation as a way to pay back to the society after they received timely and effective treatment. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)

A medical team member (R) hugs her son before leaving for Hubei Province, in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 16, 2020. The fifth batch of 108 medical workers from Yunnan left for Hubei Province on Sunday to aid the novel coronavirus control efforts there. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

Huang Jianbin, a teacher of Peking University, uses online educational system "Classin" teaching physical chemistry in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 17, 2020. Millions of Chinese students started online learning on Monday, as the new school semester originally scheduled for Feb. 17 is currently postponed due to a nationwide epidemic control mechanism. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Workers returning from southwest China's Guizhou Province pose for a group photo with a stewardess on a customized train heading for Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 16, 2020. The customized train for returning workers left Guiyang, capital of Guizhou Province, Sunday afternoon, carrying nearly 300 workers from Guizhou who are returning to work in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Villagers collect radishes in the field in Pusheng Village of Pengzhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 16, 2020. Villagers across China have been busy carrying out agricultural production recently in early spring to help ensure the supply of agricultural products during the fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic. (Photo by Luo Guoyang/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on Feb. 17, 2020 shows the China-Europe freight train waiting for departure at Xiangtang railway port in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province.

The China-Europe freight train bound for Moscow of Russia and Minsk of Belarus left Nanchang on Monday, signifying the restoration of its regular operation. The freight train carried 41 carriages of containers, fully loaded with auto parts, mechanical facilities and garments. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)

A child shows a message of encouragement for the Chinese people written in English and Maori in Wellington, New Zealand, Feb. 15, 2020. An event was lauched by overseas Chinese in New Zealand on Saturday to show solidarity and support for China and its people as they grapple with an outbreak of novel coronavirus disease officially named by the World Health Organization (WHO) as COVID-19. (Photo by Meng Tao/Xinhua)

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Feb. 16, 2020.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed confidence in China's great efforts to combat the current outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, or COVID-19, here on Sunday. (Xinhua/Jiang Chao)

Jewish worshipers gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Feb. 16, 2020, to pray in solidarity with China's fight against novel coronavirus epidemic. (Xinhua/Shang Hao)

Muto Toshiro, CEO of Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), unveils the motto during the Tokyo 2020 Games Motto unveiling press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 17, 2020. "United by Emotion" will be the official Motto of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, organizers announced here on Friday. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)

Ren Ziwei (L) of China and Park In Wook of South Korea compete during the Final A of the Men 5000 meter relay race at the 2019-2020 ISU World Cup Short Track in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, Feb. 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

A soldier of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) takes cover from Libyan National Army (LNA) snipers on a frontline in Tripoli, Libya, Feb 17, 2020. (Photo by Amru Salahuddien/Xinhua)

A parking lot is seen under flood water in York, Britain, Feb. 17, 2020. Storm Dennis shut down roads and flooded railway lines on Sunday as it lashed large parts of Britain with heavy rainfall and strong winds. (Photo by Craig Brough/Xinhua)■