Xinhua Photos of the Day (Aug. 20)

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BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

Photo taken on Aug. 11, 2020 shows children of Zhaojue Real Madrid team playing football on Lamo football field at Zhaojue County, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Javier Moros Barrera, a 30-year-old UEFA A Level coach from Zaragoza City of Spain, has been training a football team made up of 15 boys from Zhaojue County and rural villages near the county in Sichuan Province of China since July 13, 2020. The football team named Zhaojue Real Madrid team is part of a training project launched last October that was supported by Real Madrid Foundation and Liangshan Nimu Sports. The training courses are customized by Real Madrid Foundation. The team will be prepared for the Mediterranean International Cup youth football tournament next year. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

Aerial photo taken on Aug. 19, 2020 shows vessels sailing on the sea near Xin'gang port in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Ferry services in the Qiongzhou Strait have resumed after 12 o'clock at noon on Wednesday, as typhoon Higos made landfall in the city of Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province Wednesday morning. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

Aerial photo taken on Aug. 19, 2020 shows the scenery of snow mountains in Yading scenic spot in Daocheng County of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

A man rides in the rain on a road in Macao, south China, Aug. 19, 2020.

China's Macao Special Administrative Region has downgraded its typhoon signal from highest No.10 level to No.8 on Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. local time, but the low-lying areas near the coastline were flooded, as Typhoon Higos had made landfall in the neighboring city of Zhuhai in the morning. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

A traditional "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony is held to mark the start of the Shoton Festival at the Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 19, 2020. Celebrations for the traditional Shoton Festival, or Yogurt Festival, began in Lhasa on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)

Rescuers transfer flood-stranded people from Fengzhou Island of Leshan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 18, 2020. Sichuan Province on Tuesday activated the highest level of flood control response for the first time on record, as rain-induced floods ravaged parts of the province. The province's flood control and drought relief headquarters raised the response to Level I, the highest in the four-tier emergency response system, at 5 a.m. Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)

Photo taken on Aug. 19, 2020 shows a flooded area in Yuzhong District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. A severe flood battered Chongqing on Wednesday, overflowing some roads and tourist attractions and disrupting city traffic. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)

Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain wins a header during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final match between RB Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain F.C in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 18, 2020. (Photo by Julian Finney/UEFA via Xinhua)

A costumed character is seen on Times Square in New York, the United States, Aug. 19, 2020. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 5.5 million on Wednesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)