Xinhua Photos of the Day (March 14)

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BEIJING, March 14(Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) attends a news conference at the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, March 13, 2020. U.S. Trump on Friday declared a national emergency to open up 50 billion U.S. dollars in federal aid to help combat the spread of COVID-19 across the country. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulouattends the sworn-in ceremony at the Greek Parliament in Athens, Greece, March 13, 2020. (Thanassis Stavrakis/Pool via Xinhua)

File photo shows Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attending the 55th summit of the South American trade bloc Mercosur (Southern Common Market) in Bento Goncalves, Brazil, Dec. 5, 2019. Jair Bolsonaro tested negative for the COVID-19, confirmed his official Twitter account and Facebook page on Friday. (Xinhua/Rahel Patrasso)

Chairman of Italian Red Cross Francesco Rocca (6th R, back) poses for photos with members of Chinese aid team at Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, March 12, 2020. A charter flight carrying a nine-member Chinese aid team, along with tonnes of medical supplies, arrived at Rome's Fiumicino Airport on Thursday night, in part of China's efforts to help Italy contain the novel coronavirus outbreak. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

Medical workers and a cured COVID-19 patient pose for a group photo at an infectious disease hospital in Jinzhong, north China's Shanxi Province, March 13, 2020. The last person diagnosed with novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was cured and discharged fromthe hospital on Friday, bringing the recovery rate of the total 133 confirmed cases in the province to 100 percent. (Xinhua/Chai Ting)

A staff member wearing protective suit sprays disinfectant at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 13, 2020. Indonesia reported two new deaths of novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 4, while the number of infection cases has risen significantly from 34 to 69, the government's spokesman for the COVID-19 related matters Achmad Yurianto said on Friday. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

An airport employee in protective outfit is seen during the disinfection procedure of a Croatia Airlines aircraft at Franjo Tudjman Airport in Zagreb, Croatia, March 13, 2020. Five new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Croatia on Friday, bringing the country's total cases to 32. Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic announced that all schools and universities will be suspended for two weeks from next Monday. (Emica Elvedji/Pixsell via Xinhua)

People stand in front of the Greek parliament in downtown Athens, Greece, March 13, 2020. Greek authorities on Friday further expanded closure measures to control the novel coronavirus epidemic by ordering the shutdown of museums, archaeological sites, restaurants, coffee shops, bars, shopping malls and libraries nationwide, as confirmed novel coronavirus cases climbed to 190 from 117 a day earlier. (Photo by Lefteris Partsalis/Xinhua)

A customer goes shopping at a supermarket in Oakland, the United States, March 11, 2020. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States exceeded 1,700 and 41 people died, according to a USA Today report on Friday. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

Zheng Yongheng is seen on a bus in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 12, 2020. After undergoing a 14-day quarantine for further medical observation as a cured COVID-19 patient, Zheng Yongheng and other 84 patients were permitted to return home from a medical treatment station set up in Wuhan Vocational College of Software and Engineering. After the quarantine, Zheng immediately went to a hospital to donate her plasma in a bid to help other patients fight against COVID-19. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)

Photo taken on March 12, 2020 shows the closed United Nations Gift Center at the UN headquarters in New York. (Xinhua/Wang Jiangang)

Photo taken on March 13, 2020 shows a golden eagle rescued by Forest Public Security Bureau of Sunite Right Banner in Xilingol League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Ren Junchuan)

A man walks past a newly-built face mask vending machine in Fengtai District of Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)

Combo photo shows Li Jing presenting her illustrations drawn during her quarantine in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 12, 2020. After undergoing a 14-day quarantine for further medical observation as a cured COVID-19 patient, illustrator Li Jing and other 84 patients were permitted to return home from a medical treatment station set up in Wuhan Vocational College of Software and Engineering. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)