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BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Aerial photo taken on Aug. 17, 2020 shows a photovoltaic power station at the green industrial development park in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Hainan, northwest China's Qinghai Province. The photovoltaic power station here not only generates electricity but also helps increase the income of impoverished people. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
Aerial photo taken on Aug. 17, 2020 shows a ferris wheel near the Donghu Lake in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. The ferris wheel, dubbed "Donghu Eye", opened to the public on Tuesday. It is equipped with 28 capsules holding up to 112 people. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)
Athletes compete during the one-day full marathon competition at the 2020 Tour of Qinghai Lake Marathon, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)
Passengers pose for photos at Macao's border checkpoint at Hengqin Port on Aug. 18, 2020. The new port to facilitate travel between Macao and Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, was officially put into use Tuesday, a new step to boost development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
Photo taken on Aug. 18, 2020 shows the Leshan Giant Buddha in Leshan, southwest China's Sichuan Province. 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)
People walk on a bridge across the Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 18, 2020. South Korea reported 246 more cases of the COVID-19 as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 15,761. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)
Shopkeepers wait for customers at a market in Anantnag town, about 60 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aug. 17, 2020.(Xinhua/Javed Dar)
Staff from the Chinese Consulate-General in Houston arrive at the airport in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 17, 2020. A chartered flight carrying the staff from the Chinese Consulate-General in Houston arrived in Beijing Monday evening. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)
Israeli police stand guard at a gate in Jerusalem's Old City, on Aug. 17, 2020. The Israeli police shot dead on Monday a Palestinian young man in the old city in East Jerusalem after he stabbed an Israeli police officer and wounded him, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. (JINI via Xinhua)
An honor guard takes part in the celebration marking the 101st anniversary of the country's Independence Day in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2020. Afghanistan on Tuesday marked the 101st anniversary of its independence from the British occupation amid the worsening security situation. (Photo by Rahmatullah Alizadah/Xinhua)
A Palestinian woman holds a candle during a power outage in front of her house in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Aug. 18, 2020. A Palestinian official in the Gaza Electricity Distribution Company announced on Tuesday that the only power station in the Gaza Strip has completely stopped operation due to fuel shortage. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)
An Iranian boy wearing a face mask chases pigeons on a street in Rasht, Iran, on Aug. 18, 2020. Iran's confirmed novel coronavirus cases rose to 347,835 on Tuesday after an overnight registration of 2,385 new infections, official IRNA new agency reported. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)
