Xinhua Photos of the Day (April 20)

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Beijing, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

Aerial photo taken on April 19, 2020 shows a reservoir for reclaimed water in Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Reclaimed water is widely used in a nursery built on the gobi desert to improve local ecological environment in Altay. Since 2017, the nursery has approximately provided 400,000 seedlings with afforestation of 5,000 mu (about 333 hectares) on barren mountains. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)

Soldiers unload Chinese medical supplies at Skopje International Airport in Skopje, North Macedonia, April 18, 2020. A plane loaded with Chinese medical supplies to help North Macedonia fight against COVID-19 arrived in Skopje on Saturday. (Chinese Embassy in North Macedonia/Handout via Xinhua)

Citizens read books at Zall Bookstore in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 18, 2020. Zall Bookstore in Wuhan was approved to resume business on Saturday, and citizens were attracted to the bookstore to read and buy books. Six reading corners were established in makeshift hospitals and medical observation stations, and nine online events were held for readers by the Zall Bookstore amid the COVID-19 outbreak. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

A fighter of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) fires his weapon during clashes with Libyan National Army (LNA) at Salah Al-Din frontline in Tripoli, Libya, April 18, 2020. Libya's UN-backed government's forces said they launched 17 airstrikes on the east-based army positions in Tarhuna, some 90 kilometers south of the capital Tripoli, seizing a number of military vehicles. (Photo by Amru Salahuddien/Xinhua)

Sunset is pictured in Amman, Jordan, on April 19, 2020. (Photo by Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua)

A dog is seen on an empty road amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Istanbul, Turkey, April 18, 2020. Turkey's COVID-19 cases on Saturday surged to 82,329 after 3,783 new cases were confirmed, becoming the hardest-hit country of the novel coronavirus in the Middle East. (Xinhua)

Photo taken on April 18, 2020 shows the empty Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France. The Cannes Film Festival will not take place this year in "its original form" due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film festival, one of the largest in the world, was initially due to take place on May 12-23. (Photo by Serge Haouzi/Xinhua)

A Kuwaiti expresses his joy and greetings after arriving at Kuwait International Airport in Farwaniya Governorate, Kuwait, April 19, 2020. Kuwait launched on Sunday a repatriation plan to bring home its citizens stranded abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)

A staff member of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) is on duty with no travelers at the security gates to the U.S. check-in area at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada, on April 18, 2020. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that Canada and the U.S. have agreed to extend cross-border restrictions to all non-essential travel for another 30 days to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

A Bangladesh Air Force transport aircraft returns with medical aids from China in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 19, 2020. Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) has conducted a special ferry flight to fetch home COVID-19 preventive medical aids from China, the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) said here Sunday. (ISPR/Handout via Xinhua)

Photo taken on Apirl 19, 2020 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, shows G20 health ministers attending a virtual meeting. Health ministers of the Group of 20 (G20) reviewed on Sunday the importance of utilizing digital solutions in current and future pandemics. During a virtual meeting, the officials discussed further efforts in combating COVID-19 and the role of digital solutions, a statement by the G20 Saudi Presidency highlighted. (G20 Saudi Arabia/Handout via Xinhua)

A basketball backboard with a wood blocked hoop is seen during the COVID-19 outbreak in Toronto, Canada, April 18, 2020. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

Rescuers work at the site of a bus accident in Leping City, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 19, 2020. Six people were killed and 12 others injured in a road accident Sunday morning in east China's Jiangxi Province, local authorities said. A mini bus with 19 people on board rolled off a national road for about 30 meters into a ditch at 8:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) in the city of Leping, according to the publicity department of the city. (Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on April 17, 2020 shows the scenery of ancient Puyuan Village in Puyuan Town of Zhouning County, southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

A kingfisher holds a fish with its beak at Xihu park in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, April 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

A farmer carries marigold flowers in a field of Jammu, winter capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 19, 2020. The flower business is suffering losses due to the closure of temples during COVID-19 lockdown. (Str/Xinhua)

Photo taken on April 18, 2020 shows flying black-winged stilts at Gongshui River National Wetland Park in Xuan'en County, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo by Song Wen/Xinhua)