Xinhua Photos of the Day (March 1)

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BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani (C, Front), visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (R, Front) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L, Front) attend a joint press conference in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Feb. 29, 2020. Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said that Afghanistan and the United States had reached an agreement based on which the U.S. and coalition forces will withdraw from the country within 14 months. (Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah)

Women wail over their relatives who were killed in communal violence, in New Delhi, India, on Feb. 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

Muhyiddin Yassin arrives at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 1, 2020. Malaysia's King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has agreed with the appointment of former Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin as the country's new prime minister who is scheduled to be sworn in on Sunday. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

A worker of Harbin Electric Machinery Company Limited works at a workshop in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

Photo taken on Feb. 29, 2020 shows a migrant woman just arriving at Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece. Greek authorities suspended the operation of the customs post on the land border with Turkey on Friday, as groups of refugees and migrants were gathering on the Turkish side of the border, Greek national news agency AMNA reported. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

A staff member sanitizes the facilities on a train at the Garibaldi train station in Milan, Italy, Feb. 28, 2020. A total of 1,049 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Italy, Civil Protection Department chief and Extraordinary Commissioner for the coronavirus emergency Angelo Borrelli said on Saturday. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)

A medical worker takes a break in the southeastern county of Chilgok, South Korea, Feb. 29, 2020. South Korea confirmed 813 more cases of the COVID-19 on Saturday, raising the total number of infections to 3,150. (NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua)

Rafael Nadal of Spain serves during the men's singles semifinal match between Rafael Nadal of Spain and Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria at the 2020 ATP Mexican Open tennis tournament in Acapulco, Mexico, Feb. 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen before a cabinet meeting on the COVID-19 in Paris, France, on Feb. 29, 2020. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua)

A charter flight with 142 migrant workers is ready to depart from Guyuan, southwest China's Ningxia Province to Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Feb. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)

Children take part in Maslenitsa festival celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 29, 2020. Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian holiday to celebrate the beginning of spring, which lasts from Feb. 24 to March 1 this year. (Xinhua/Evgeny Sinitsyn)

Aerial photo taken on Feb. 28, 2020 shows villagers working in a field in Guitou Village of Meihua Town in Daoxian County, Yongzhou, central China's Hunan Province. (Photo by Jiang Keqing/Xinhua)

Dancers of a local ballet troupe demonstrate movements during an open course on live stream, in east China's Shanghai, Feb. 29, 2020. Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the art group has canceled its on-site open course and moved it online. (Xinhua/Ren Long)