Xinhua Photos of the Day (Jan. 11)

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BEIJING, Jan. 11, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

Wang Huihui, a mechanician for ground service, poses for a photo at the bullet train overhaul base in central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 3, 2020. China, the world's most populated country, on Jan. 10 ushered in its largest annual migration, 15 days ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year. This year, three billion trips will be made during the travel rush from Jan. 10 to Feb. 18 for family reunions and travel, according to official forecast. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)

Israeli soldiers are seen during clashes with Palestinian protesters near the West Bank city of Nablus, Jan. 10, 2020. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin (R) addresses a press briefing at the White House in Washington D.C. Jan. 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

U.S. President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One to depart from the White House for a rally in Ohio, in Washington D.C. Jan. 9, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)

United Nations Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame arrives for the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

Signs are seen during a rally against war with Iran outside the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., the United States, Jan. 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

Policemen disperse demonstrators during a protest against pension reform in Lille, north France, Jan. 9, 2020. France's transport strike against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to overhaul pension system has entered its 36th day on Thursday, making it the longest rail workers' strike since May 1968. (Photo by Sebastien Courdji/Xinhua)

The Portuguese Parliament holds the State Budget 2020 final debate in Lisbon Jan. 10, 2020. (Photo by Pedro Fiuza/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 10, 2020 shows electric multiple unit (EMU) trains ready for the Spring Festival travel rush in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. This Friday marks the beginning of the 40-day-long Spring Festival travel rush. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 7, 2020 shows Minhe branch staff members of the State Grid Qinghai Electric Power Maintenance Company patrolling in Salar Autonomous County of Xunhua, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)

A vehicle runs in rain in Taree of New South Wales, Australia, Jan. 9, 2020. The rainfall helped alleviate drought in the region. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

A young participant wearing animalistic costumes is seen during the annual bell-bearing tradition in the village of Volakas, Drama region, Greece, Jan. 7, 2020. Every winter, following the Greek Orthodox celebration of Epiphany, locals of certain villages of northern Greece masquerade and perform ritual dances to ward off evil spirits and awaken the coming spring. (Photo by Dimitris Tosidis/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 8, 2020 shows the Chinese icebreaker Xuelong 2 stopping in dense ice floes in the Cosmonauts Sea. The Chinese icebreaker Xuelong 2 with members of China's 36th Antarctic expedition team will head to travel through "roaring forties" from Cosmonauts Sea on Friday. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping)

China's top science award winners Huang Xuhua (L), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and chief designer of the country's first-generation nuclear submarines, and Zeng Qingcun, a famous meteorologist from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), pose for a group photo at an annual ceremony to honor distinguished scientists, engineers and research achievements in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 10, 2020. The National Science and Technology Award Conference was held in Beijing on Friday. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)■