Xinhua Photos of the Day (Jan. 21)

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BEIJING, Jan. 21, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge poses for a photo with the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for "Fleabag" at the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, the United States, Jan. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Ying)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks at the Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2020. The WEF Annual Meeting 2020 is scheduled to take place on Jan. 21-24 in Davos-Klosters in Switzerland. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)

UN Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (from L to R) attend a press conference after the Libya Conference in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Qing)

Photo taken on Jan .19, 2020 shows the construction site of an undersea subway tunnel, part of the Subway Line No. 8 project, in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2020 shows serious vehicle damages caused by huge hailstones in Canberra, Australia. Huge hailstones and heavy winds have torn through Canberra in a storm on Monday, causing serious traffic jams and vehicle damage. (Photo by Liu Changchang/Xinhua)

A participant balances on a line during Bandung Highline Festival 2020 in Bandung, Indonesia, Jan. 20, 2020. (Photo by Bukbis Candra Ismet Bey/Xinhua)

Molten iron is sprayed to simulate the display of fireworks in Zhong'erzhang Village in Hebi City, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Feng Dapeng)

Tang Zhengzheng (R), an attendant of railway station, guides for a passenger at the Chongqing West Railway Station in southwest China's Chongqing, Jan. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

Osaka Naomi of Japan celebrates scoring during the women's singles first round match against Marie Bouzkova of Czech Republic at 2020 Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria competes during the men's singles first round match against Juan Ignacio Londero of Agentina at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2020 shows a view of the beach in Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)