Xinhua Photos of the Day (April 19)

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BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

A medical worker takes off her face mask after a 14-day quarantine in Anji, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 18, 2020. The last batch of medical workers of Zhejiang Province who aided the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in central China's Hubei Province finished their 14-day quarantine on Saturday. (Photo by Cui Li/Xinhua)

A worker unloads medical supplies brought by an anti-COVID-19 medical team from China to Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia, April 18, 2020. A team of medical experts sent by the Chinese government arrived in Malaysia on Saturday to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. (Chinese Embassy in Malaysia/Handout via Xinhua)

Members of a Chinese medical team check the list of medical supplies at Tashkent International Airport in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, April 17, 2020. A Chinese medical team arrived in Tashkent Friday to assist Uzbekistan's efforts to fight COVID-19. The 15-member team brought to Uzbekistan medical supplies donated by east China's Jiangxi Province, including surgical masks, N95 respirators, medical protective suits, nucleic acid testing kits, goggles and non-invasive ventilators. (Photo by Zafar Khalilov/Xinhua)

Workers produce masks at a factory in the free industrial zone of Cairo, capital of Egypt, April 14, 2020. Inside a joint Egypt-China plant inaugurated last week in the free industrial zone of Cairo, people are working day and night to run five advanced machines introduced from China to produce up to 750,000 medical face masks per day. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)

Citizens applaud at the balcony to show respect to the people working at the frontline of combating the COVID-19 pandemic in Brussels, Belgium, April 14, 2020. One month has passed since Belgium took lockdown measures to contain the spread of novel coronavirus on March 18. Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes announced on April 15 an extension of lockdown until May 3. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

A resident holds up a sign to show appreciation for medical workers fighting in the front line of combating COVID-19 pandemic outside Lions Gate Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, April 17, 2020. As of Friday night, there were 31,872 COVID-19 cases in Canada. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

A couple with masks are seen at Vilnius Wedding Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, April 17, 2020. The Lithuanian government extended on April 8 the nationwide quarantine until April 27 with additional measures to prevent breaches of the lockdown and ensure people's safety.The wearing of personal protective equipment is mandatory. People are obliged to cover their nose and mouth. (Photo by Alfredas Pliadis/Xinhua)

A deer is seen at an empty scenic spot in Nara, Japan, April 18, 2020. Japan's Health Ministry said on Saturday that the number of COVID-19 cases rose to 10,098 as of Saturday afternoon, as the country entered the first weekend since a state of emergency was expanded nationwide to stem the pandemic. (Kyodo News/Handout via Xinhua)

One of the Giza pyramids is illuminated with words "STAY HOME" during the World Heritage Day amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Giza, Egypt, on April 18, 2020. Egypt reported on Saturday 188 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 3,032. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

A firefighter carries a dog and a cat saved from a fire engulfing a slum area in Manila, the Philippines, April 18, 2020. Hundreds of families here were displaced Saturday due to the fire. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

A man walks on debris of a destroyed hospital after a shelling in Salah Al-Din district of Tripoli, Libya, April 17, 2020. Indiscriminate shelling on Friday hit residential areas in different parts of Libya's capital Tripoli, killing two civilians, a local official told Xinhua. (Photo by Amru Salahuddien/Xinhua)

Soldiers sit on top of an abandoned tank under a destroyed bridge in Haradh District in Hajjah province, Yemen, April 18, 2020. On April 8, the Saudi-led Arab coalition announced a two-week cease-fire in Yemen. But military operations and sporadic attacks are still taking place between Yemen's government forces and the Houthi rebels in different areas of the impoverished Arab country. (Photo by Mohammed Alwafi/Xinhua)

Job seekers read recruitment information in newspapers at a career fair in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, April 18, 2020. More than 100 enterprises took part in the job fair Saturday, offering 4,000 job opportunities. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

Staff members operate drones in a field in Qingzhou City, east China's Shandong Province, April 18, 2020. Guyu, literally meaning "Rain of Millet", is the sixth of the 24 solar terms created by ancient Chinese to carry out agricultural activities. For the year 2020, the day of Guyu falls on April 19. (Photo by Wang Jilin/Xinhua)

Zookeeper Chen Jinzhao feeds a parrot at the Shanghai Zoo in Shanghai Municipality, east China, April 18, 2020. Various measures have been taken to enrich animals' life in the zoo and make them feel like living in the wild. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)