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Beijing, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Local residents wait in lines outside a Costco supermarket in Los Angeles, the United States, March 14, 2020. U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency to open up 50 billion U.S. dollars in federal aid to help combat the spread of COVID-19 across the country. (Photo by Qian Weizhong/Xinhua)
People buy daily necessities at a supermarket in London, Britain on March 15, 2020. The novel coronavirus death toll has reached 21 as of Saturday in Britain as the number of confirmed cases totalled 1,140, according to the latest figures released by the British Department of Health and Social Care. (Xinhua)
Photo shows a view at the New China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, capital of China, March 14, 2020. Beijing has converted the New China International Exhibition Center into a transit center for international inbound passengers.
The center, divided into different zones according to the destinations of passengers, is used for people showing no fever, cough and other symptoms in the health quarantine at the airport. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)
A recovered patient waves to bid farewell to the medical staff at the Chongqing Public Health Center in southwest China's Chongqing, March 15, 2020. The last patient diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been cured and discharged from the center, bringing the number of COVID-19 patients being treated in hospitals to zero in Chongqing. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
A medical worker gestures for victory at Tianjin Haihe Hospital in north China's Tianjin Municipality, March 15, 2020. The last COVID-19 patient in Tianjin was cured and discharged from the hospital on Sunday. (Xinhua/Deng Haoran)
Chinese Consul General in Milan Song Xuefeng (4th L) and Luigi Genesio Icardi (4th R), councilor for the health of the region of Piedmont, pose for a photo in Turin, Italy, March 14, 2020. About 26.4 tonnes of medical materials raised by eastern China's Zhejiang Province have arrived in the northern Italian city of Turin, according to the Chinese Consulate-General in Milan. (Xinhua)
Military personnel wearing masks stand guard in Beirut, Lebanon, March 15, 2020. Lebanon's Higher Defense Council announced on Sunday a state of health emergency in the country amid COVID-19 outbreak, calling on security agencies to stay alert, TV channel MTV reported. (Photo by Bilal Jawich/Xinhua)
Photo taken on March 15, 2020 shows the U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington D.C., the United States. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Sunday cut its benchmark interest rate by a full percentage point to near zero and will increase its bond holdings by at least 700 billion U.S. dollars amid mounting fears over the COVID-19 outbreak. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)
Soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) wearing face masks are seen at a checkpoint during the Metro Manila "community quarantine" in Valenzuela City, the Philippines on March 15, 2020. A curfew is imposed in Metro Manila, as part of the "community quarantine" from March 15 until April 14, in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
Ambulance driver Lu Zhigang in his 50s, the oldest among his colleagues from Shanghai Medical Emergency Center, steers a vehicle in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 14, 2020. Since the novel coronavirus outbreak, 32 medical transferring teams from different provinces have rushed to Wuhan to fight on the frontline. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Students have a class under a tree at a school in Midi district of Hajjah province, Yemen, March 14, 2020. The war in Yemen has forced millions of children out of school. (Photo by Mohammed Alwafi/Xinhua)
A woman wearing a mask walks on a street in Amman, Jordan, on March 15, 2020. Jordan on Sunday confirmed six cases of COVID-19 for two Jordanian nationals and four French tourists, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to seven. (Photo by Mohammad Abu Ghosh/Xinhua)
A man looks at a plane parked at the Sanaa International Airport after it was closed over COVID-19 concerns, in Sanaa, Yemen, March 15, 2020. Yemen's Houthi militia authorities on Saturday announced the suspension of international flights for two weeks over concerns about COVID-19. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
Photo taken on March 15, 2020 shows a seesaw shrouded by anti-mosquito fog on the playground of Pangudi Luhur School Foundation in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)
Photo taken on March 14, 2020 shows scenery along the section of Yangtze River at Xiling Gorge in Zigui County, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo by Zheng Jiayu/Xinhua)
