Xinhua Photos of the Day (June 13)

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BEIJING, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

The statue of Thomas Guy is seen boarded up at Guy's Hospital in London, Britain, on June 12, 2020. Key statues and monuments in London, including the Cenotaph in Whitehall, statues of Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela, are to be covered and protected ahead of planned Black Lives Matter protests, mayor Sadiq Khan said Friday. (Photo by Ray Tang/Xinhua)

Staff members of local government block a dike breach in Wuxi County, southwest China's Chongqing, June 12, 2020. Vehement rainstorms have claimed one life while four others are missing in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, local authorities confirmed Friday. (Photo by Deng Aihua/Xinhua)

A girl carries empty containers to fetch water in Midi District of Hajjah Province, Yemen, on June 12, 2020. Yemen is facing a severe water crisis. (Photo by Mohammed ALwafi/Xinhua)

A man sits drinking beer with a mannequin outfitted with a gasmask decorating the bar's exterior in Warsaw, Poland on June 11, 2020. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on June 11, 2020 shows a view of Wugong Dong Village of Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Liu Qinbing)

A woman visits a museum converted from an abandoned power plant in Ningbo City, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

Photo taken on June 12, 2020 shows a lotus flower during the 20th Macao Lotus Flower Festival at the Taipa Houses Museum in Macao, south China. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

A folk artist teaches pupils local traditional work songs of fisherman at Ningjin central primary school in Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, in this aerial photo taken on June 12, 2020. (Photo by Yang Zhilin/Xinhua)

Photo taken on June 9, 2020 shows young bar-headed geese at a bird island in Amdo County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Chogo)

Palestinians enjoy their time during sunset at the seaside in Gaza City, on June 12, 2020. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

Palestinian volunteers dressed as a clown and a bear perform for refugee children in an effort to lift their spirits in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on June 12, 2020. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)

Aerial photo taken on June 12, 2020 shows a view of ancient salt pans near the coast of Yantian Village of Yangpu, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

Members of Triko Circus Theater perform aerial hammock dance by hanging from the Mladost Bridge over Sava River in Zagreb, Croatia, on June 11, 2020. (Borna Filic/Pixsell via Xinhua)

Jin Jiangwei controls a mouse with his foot to print the receipt of his online store in Zhuji City, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 12, 2020. Jin Jiangwei, a 34-year-old villager of Leshan Village in Zhuji City, lost his arms due to an accident at the age of five. In 2016, Jin Jiangwei and his brother opened an online store to sell socks, in which Jin is responsible for store planning and customer service. After years of practices, Jin is able to type with his feet as fast as normal people. The annual sales of the store have exceeded one million yuan (about 141,288 U.S. dollars) in recent years. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)■