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BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani (R) and his political rival Abdullah Abdullah sign an agreement at Afghan Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 17, 2020. Afghanistan's President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah, who also claimed victory in the presidential election, inked an agreement on Sunday to end the political deadlock following last year's presidential election, presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Twitter. (Afghan President Palace/Handout via Xinhua)
Artists paint a mural of "Darna", a Filipino fictional superhero, dressed as a doctor on a building to express their gratitude to all COVID-19 frontliners in Manila, the Philippines on May 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
People walk past the Belmar Beach amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Belmar, New Jersey, the United States, May 16, 2020. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)
Staff members debug agricultural spraying drones at a wheat field in Bingmazhai Village of Linzhang County, north China's Hebei Province, May 17, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
Medical workers wait to submit the COVID-19 samples for nucleic acid test at the center for disease control and prevention in Fengman District of Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, May 17, 2020.
Jilin Province reported three new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, local health authorities said Sunday. The district's risk associated with the virus has been upgraded from the medium-level to the high-level after reports of the three new cases. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)
A girl looks on as she boards a train to her home amid the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown on the outskirts of Agartala, the capital city of India's northeastern state of Tripura, May 17, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)
Zhao Yang walks in the community he lives in Nangong City, north China's Hebei Province, May 17, 2020. Zhao Yang, a 33-year-old villager from Xiaozhao Village in Nangong City, lost his arms due to an accidental electric shock at the age of 13. With the help of his family, he started to learn and practice typewriting with his feet in 2003. Zhao took advantage of the rich resource of cotton of Nangong City and managed to open an online cotton store in 2009. Now, his store's annual revenue has reached more than one million yuan (about 140,793 U.S. dollars) and his quilt products have been exported to overseas, such as Malaysia, Vietnam and etc. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
A team of Chinese remeasuring surveyors hike toward the advance camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters on Mount Qomolangma, May 17, 2020. The team is expected to reach the summit on May 22 if weather conditions permit. Starting from the base camp at an altitude of 5,200 meters, the team will typically take about a week to reach the summit, passing through five camps at an altitude of 5,800 meters, 6,500 meters, 7,028 meters, 7,790 meters and 8,300 meters, respectively. (Photo by Konchog Samten/Xinhua)
Photo shows the Bashundhara COVID-19 Isolation Hospital (Temporary Health Centre) in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 17, 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues unabated, the Bangladeshi government has begun ramping up makeshift quarantine and hospital facilities in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country. (Str/Xinhua)
Photo taken on May 17, 2020 shows a captive-bred Himalayan vulture at the Xining Wildlife Park in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province.
Two captive-bred Himalayan vultures made their public appearance at the Xining Wildlife Park on Sunday. The two baby birds, both in good physical conditions, are the third and fourth existing captive-bred Himalayan vultures across the country. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
Photo taken on May 7, 2020 shows Liu Jie's replicas of Bakohan at his studio in Longquan, east China's Zhejiang Province. Liu Jie, 35 and a renowned ceramist in Longquan, began to replicate Bakohan since 2019. He has so far made over 500 replicas in an effort to approach perfection. "I wish to replicate its beauty." said Liu.
Bakohan is a tea bowl made in Longquan, China, and gifted to Japan during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). During the era of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Bakouhan was found to have cracks and was then sent to China to be fixed. The bowl is now displayed in the Tokyo National Museum. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
Aerial photo taken on May 13, 2020 shows students playing soccer at a new court in Dangjiu Primary School in Gandong Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)■
