Xinhua Photos of the Day (March. 3)

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Beijing, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

Midwife Wu Dan takes the newborn to the mother Liu Ting at the delivery room of Wuhan Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 1, 2020.(Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

Photo taken with a mobile phone shows nurse Yang Liu drawing a painting with a child infected with novel coronavirus pneumonia at a ward in Wuhan Children's Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 28, 2020. Because of the high infectivity of the novel coronavirus, some child patients infected with the virus have to live in the hospital to receive the medical treatment without the company of their parents and families.(Xinhua)

An Iraqi man is seen inside a sterilization room at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 2, 2020. The Iraqi Health Ministry on Monday announced five more cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 26. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

Uruguay's President-elect Luis Lacalle Pou waves to the crowd as he arrives at his inauguration ceremony, in Montevideo, Uruguay, on March 1, 2020.Luis Lacalle Pou of the National Party (PN) was sworn in on Sunday as the president of Uruguay for the period of 2020-2025. (Photo by Nicolas Celaya/Xinhua)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reacts during a meeting of his ruling Justice and Development Party in Ankara, Turkey, on March 2, 2020. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he expects a cease-fire deal in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib during a planned meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

File photo shows Jack Welch speaking at a GMC forum in Guangzhou, China, on Sept. 13, 2011. Jack Welch, former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of U.S. conglomerate General Electric Company (GE), passed away due to renal failure late Sunday at home at the age of 84, his wife Suzy said on Monday. (Photo by Yuan Hongwei/Xinhua)

A fan of AC Milan walks outside the San Siro stadium after a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Genoa was postponed due to the recent coronavirus outbreak in Milan, Italy, March 1, 2020.(Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

Photo taken on March 2, 2020 shows the interior of a National Health Service (NHS) 111 Coronavirus Pod positioned at the University College Hospital in London, Britain. (Photo by Ray Tang/Xinhua)

A staff member loads care packages onto a bus in Jiang'an District of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 2, 2020. More than 4,000 households living on minimum subsistence allowances received care packages comprised of meat, milk, cooking oil, rice and eggs on Monday. These materials were funded by benevolent enterprises and delivered by community workers to the households distributed in 150 communities in the Jiang'an District of Wuhan. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

Terawan Agus Putranto, minister of health of Indonesia, speaks to media in Dr. Sulianti Saroso hospital, where the patients infected with COVID-19 being treated in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 2, 2020. Two Indonesian nationals have been infected with COVID-19 in the country, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday, marking the first confirmed cases in Indonesia. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

Photo taken on March 1, 2020, shows desert locusts mating in Khushab, central Punjab province in Pakistan. Pakistan is suffering severe desert locust attack recently. (Xinhua/Liu Tian)

Policemen and security guards grab hostage-taker Archie Paray (C) during the hostage-taking and shooting incident in San Juan City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on March 2, 2020. The Philippine police ended a 10-hour hostage incident in Metro Manila on Monday, convincing the gunman to free all the hostages and surrender himself to the authorities. Around 30 people taken hostage by the gunman were released and left the V-Mall in the San Juan City of Metro Manila. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

Medical workers make preparations beside the ambulances to transport COVID-19 patients in Daegu, South Korea, March 2, 2020. South Korea confirmed 599 more cases of the COVID-19 on Monday, raising the total number of infections to 4,335, and the death toll advanced to 26. (Photo by Lee Sang-ho/Xinhua)

The closing notice is seen at Louvre Museum in Paris, France, March 2, 2020. The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed for a second day running on Monday due to the spreading coronavirus epidemic. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

People watch a sculpture of a scarecrow burning at the Maslenitsa festival celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, March 1, 2020. Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian holiday to celebrate the beginning of spring, which lasts from Feb. 24 to March 1 this year. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

Photo taken on March 1, 2020 shows Saladin Citadel in Cairo, Egypt.Egypt lit up on Sunday evening three famous historical sites in the country, including Saladin Citadel in Cairo, in red and golden stars to resemble the national flag of China as a sign of solidarity in combating the novel coronavirus.The other two sites are the main pylon of the Karnak Temple Complex in Luxor and the entrance of the Philae Temple Complex in Aswan. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)

Staff members of railway maintenance company of China Railway 12th Bureau Group work at the area of Nyainqentanglha Range, where the Qinghai-Tibet Railway passes by, in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 1, 2020. Railway maintenance workers stuck to their post to ensure the safety of railway transportation amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)