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Beijing, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Wuhan Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital ceased operation in Wuhan on Wednesday as the coronavirus epidemic wanes. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Medics from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital gather before leaving Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, April 15, 2020.
The last medical assistance team started leaving Hubei Province Wednesday as the COVID-19 epidemic in the hard-hit province has been subdued. The medical team consisting of over 180 medical workers from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital arrived in the provincial capital of Wuhan on Jan. 26. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)
Citizens bid farewell to medics from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, April 15, 2020.
The last medical assistance team started leaving Hubei Province Wednesday as the COVID-19 epidemic in the hard-hit province has been subdued. The medical team consisting of over 180 medical workers from the Peking Union Medical College Hospital arrived in the provincial capital of Wuhan on Jan. 26. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)
Senior Hu thumbs up on bed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward of the Wuhan pulmonary hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, April 15, 2020. A patient surnamed Hu, a 40-year-old severe case of the COVID-19 who was diagnosed with the disease in early February, has the functions of his lungs recovered on April 5 at the Wuhan pulmonary hospital with days of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. He is receiving rehabilitation training with the help of medical workers. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
Photo taken on April 13, 2020 shows a light show in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province.
A light show themed on fighting COVID-19 is staged every night in Wuhan recently. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
Students return to Rizhao No.1 Middle School of Shandong in Rizhao, east China's Shandong Province, April 15, 2020. Classes restarted for some students in the final year of senior high schools and vocational schools in Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)
Aerial photo shows herdsmen driving livestock on the way to spring pastures in Fuhai County of Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 15, 2020. As spring comes, herdsmen here are busy with transferring livestock to spring pastures. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Aerial photo taken on April 13, 2020 shows Yongmaoxu Village under Shiye Town in Dantu District of Zhenjiang City, east China's Jiangsu Province. Yongmaoxu Village actively promotes the development of beautiful and livable village, with ecological progress as the guiding principle, environmental protection as the prerequisite, and green development as the core. (Xinhua/Han Yuqing)
People wearing face masks wait in line to do shopping at a store during the coronavirus pandemic in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on April 14, 2020.
The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 600,000 Tuesday evening, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
The country has seen 602,989 cases with 25,575 deaths by 6:50 p.m. (2250 GMT), according to the CSSE. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)
Staff count ballots at a vote-counting station in Seoul, South Korea, April 15, 2020. South Korean voters went to the polls for parliamentary election Wednesday amid the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the National Election Commission.
The election to vote for 300 members of the National Assembly, which began from 6 a.m. local time, would last for 12 hours at 14,330 polling stations across the country. (Photo by Lee Sang-ho/Xinhua)
A homeless person stands outside a temporary tent in Pretoria, South Africa, April 15, 2020.
South Africa has provided temporary tents and food for the homeless to better control the COVID-19 outbreak. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua)
Chinese medical experts attend a meeting at the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 15, 2020. A team of Chinese medical experts arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday to assist the kingdom in combating COVID-19. (Xinhua/Tu Yifan)
A raging fire that engulfed a slum area is seen in Manila, the Philippines, April 15, 2020. More than a hundred families were left homeless in the fire, according to the Manila disaster management office on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
Restoration work on the Notre Dame Cathedral is at a standstill during the containment period caused by COVID-19 outbreak, in Paris, France, April 15, 2020. The cathedral in central Paris caught fire on April 15 last year. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
