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BEIJING, Jan. 12, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2020 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China completed commissioning of the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope on Saturday, putting it into formal operation after a productive three-year trial.The telescope will gradually open to astronomers around the globe, providing them with a powerful tool to uncover the mysteries surrounding the genesis and evolutions of the universe. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
A shoe is seen at the air crash site of the Boeing 737 Ukrainian passenger plane in Parand district, southern Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2020. Iran's state TV on Saturday quoted the Iranian military as saying that it "unintentionally" shot down the Ukrainian jetliner on Wednesday, in which all the 176 passengers and crew members on board were killed. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Lisbon European Green Capital 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal, on Jan. 11, 2020. After receiving 2020's European Green Capital Award in June 2018, the Portuguese capital city of Lisbon on Saturday officially launched its transition towards a sustainable future program funded by the award granted by the European Union (EU). (Photo by Pedro Fiuza/Xinhua)
New Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq al-Said attends his inauguration ceremony in Muscat, Oman, on Jan. 11, 2020. New Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq al-Said said on Saturday that he will follow the steps and approach of the late Sultan Qaboos bin Said and will complete the progress achieved in the Omani renaissance process. (Xinhua)
People light candles during a mourning ceremony for the victims of the Ukrainian plane crash, in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 11, 2020. Iran's state TV on Saturday quoted the Iranian military as saying that it "unintentionally" shot down the Ukrainian jetliner on Wednesday, in which all the 176 passengers and crew members on board were killed. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)
Konstantin Stoilov of Bulgaria competes during the Men's Super-G of Alpine Skiing at the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) at Les Diablerets Alpine centre, Switzerland, on Jan. 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Qingqin)
Lion dance performers compete in the 13th International Lion Dance Competition as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations held in Singapore's Chinatown, on Jan. 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)
Team North's Jeremy Lin of Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) League All-Star game interacts with giant panda Longlong at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
Children observe the traditional "flowery buns" during a Spring Festival folk art activity held in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 10, 2020. An activity with the theme of "flowery buns", a dough food shaped in plants and animals, was held here on Friday to promote the folk art in central part of Shaanxi Province as the Spring Festival draws near. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
Protestors take part in a demonstration in Athens, Greece, on Jan. 11, 2020. Thousands of protesters marched in the center of Athens and Thessaloniki in northern Greece on Saturday, chanting slogans against the U.S. airstrike in Iraq which killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, Greek national news agency AMNA reported. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 11, 2020 shows tourists experiencing diving at the Wuzhizhou Island in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. More than 83 million tourists from home and abroad visited southern China's tropical island province of Hainan in 2019, up nine percent year on year.Hainan's tourism revenue went up 11 percent over the previous year to 105 billion yuan (about 15 billion U.S. dollars) last year, according to the provincial department of tourism, culture, radio, television and sports. (Photo by Zhang Liyun/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2020 shows the illuminations themed on the rat during the Yuyuan Spring Lantern Festival at the Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, east China. The Yuyuan Spring Lantern Festival in 2020 kicked off here on Jan. 10, which will last till Feb. 11. (Photo by Wang Xiang/Xinhua)
Mechanicians maintain a bullet train in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality late at night on Jan. 10, 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. There will be three billion trips during the travel rush from Jan. 10 to Feb. 18 for family reunions and travel, slightly up from that of last year, according to a forecast from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). (Photo by Huang Wei/Xinhua)
