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BEIJING, Jan. 25, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 24, 2020 shows mechanical equipment working at the contruction site of a special hospital in the Caidian District of western suburb of Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. The central China metropolitan of Wuhan will follow Beijing's SARS treatment model to build a special hospital for admitting patients infected in the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus.

The Wuhan headquarters for the control and treatment of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus said on Friday the upcoming hospital designed to have an area of 25,000 square meters will be put into use by Feb. 3. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

Medical workers cheer for each other in the ICU (intensive care unit) of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)

Photo taken on Jan. 24, 2020 shows a medical aid team of Army Medical University assembling before leaving for Wuhan in southwest China's Chongqing. On the Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve, a group of 150 medical workers from the Army Medical University left for Wuhan, the center of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, to provide medical aid. (Xinhua)

People work at the site of a gas tanker explosion in Lima, Peru, on Jan. 23, 2020. The number of deaths from a gas tanker explosion in Lima on Thursday has risen to eight, Peruvian health authorities announced on Friday. (Xinhua/Mariana Bazo)

Serena Williams waves to spectators after the women's singles third round match between Wang Qiang of China and Serena Williams of the United States at the 2020 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

Safety cordon region is set up around an explosion site in Houston of Texas, the United States, Jan. 24, 2020. At least two people were confirmed dead in the large explosion at an industrial facility in the U.S. city of Houston early Friday morning, according to Houston police. (Photo by Lao Chengyue/Xinhua)

Fireworks explode over the illuminated Olympic rings during an event to mark six months before the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Zijiang)

The top of the landmark Empire State Building is lit in red for the Chinese Lunar New Year in New York, the United States, Jan. 23, 2020. The Empire State Building was lit up in red color Thursday night to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of Rat which falls on Jan. 25 this year. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)