Xinhua Photos of the Day (Jan. 10)

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Beijing, Jan. 10, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

Police stand guard as protestors take part in a demonstration in Paris, France, on Jan. 9, 2020. France's transport strike against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to overhaul pension system has entered its 36th day on Thursday, making it the longest rail workers' strike since May 1968. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua)

An Afghan security force member takes part in a military operation in Momandara district of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2020. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference on the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Jan. 9, 2020. Nancy Pelosi, who is holding onto two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, said Thursday that they will probably be sent to the Senate soon for a trial, signaling a possible end to a standoff with Republicans. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses an open debate of the UN Security Council on the topic of "maintenance of international peace and security upholding the UN Charter" at the UN headquarters in New York, on Jan. 9, 2020. The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a presidential statement urging all member states to fully comply with the UN Charter while recognizing the critical importance of the Charter to the maintenance of international peace and security. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)

Guests attend a fireside chat during the 15th anniversary and Chinese Lunar New Year gala of China General Chamber of Commerce-U.S.A. in New York, the United States, Jan. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

Visitors experience smart mattresses at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the United States, Jan. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)

Artists perform in the Snow White ice ballet show in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 9, 2020. Ice ballet is a highlight of the Journey to Christmas festival from Dec. 13, 2019 to Jan. 31, 2020. (Photo by Maxim Chernavsky/Xinhua)

An actress performs with the torch during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games held at Vaudoise Arena in Lausanne, Switzerland on Jan. 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

Train crew members in ethnic clothing walk on the platform beside a Fuxing bullet train at Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 9, 2020. The CR200J Fuxing (Rejuvenation) bullet trains started to run on the high-speed railway linking Panzhihua and Kunming on Thursday. As the train goes into service, travel time between the two cities is slashed from about 5.5 hours to about two. (Photo by Yang Zixuan/Xinhua)

A watch-keeper of a rail flaw detection team stands guard when a train passes by in northeast China's Jilin Province on Jan. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

Wang Changfu (R), waves goodbye to his three-year-old daughter on train K4051 at Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 10, 2020. The upcoming holiday for the Spring Festival, a traditional festival for family reunions, will run from Jan. 24 to 30, while the travel rush, also known as chunyun, will last 40 days from Jan. 10 to Feb. 18. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Children play on the swing in Shangyanghua Village of Zhouzhi County, Xi'an City of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 9, 2020. Residents in Shangyanghua Village on Thursday started their annual swing play tradition to greet the upcoming Spring Festival. The tradition is said to be over 700 years old in the village. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

Russian ballerina Svetlana Zakharova rehearses for the new work "Modanse" at Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 9. 2019. The "Modanse" is the close show of the 4th China International Ballet Season. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

A military truck evacuates residents through a flooded road in the northern Israeli city of Nahariya, on Jan. 8, 2020. Floods broke out across the city due to unusually high amounts of rainfall. (JINI/Handout via Xinhua)

The new tobacco pack is seen at a grocery in Modiin, Israel, Jan. 9, 2020. A new law that came into effect in Israel on Jan. 8 requires all tobacco products to be sold in identical packs in a single color known as "the world's ugliest color." (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)