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BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, the United States, on March 12, 2020. U.S. stocks extended their losses following a 15-minute trading halt on Thursday morning. The SP 500 declined 7 percent shortly after the opening bell, triggering a key circuit breaker that halted trading for 15 minutes. It was Wall Street's second 15-minute halt this week. (Xinhua)
People sit with a certain distance away from each other while waiting to receive medical tests at a makeshift medical test center in Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait, March 12, 2020. Kuwait has recorded a total of 80 confirmed COVID-19 cases, after eight new cases were reported on Thursday. The Kuwaiti government suspended the commercial flights to and from the country on Thursday. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
Tourists visit the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower in east China's Shanghai, March 12, 2020. Shanghai Tower, China's highest building, reopened its "Top of Shanghai Observatory" tourist attraction on Thursday.Two other landmarks also started receiving tourists from Thursday, including the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower and the Shanghai Jinmao Tower. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the role of an ancient Greek High Priestess, lights the torch of the Olympic Flame during the flame lighting ceremony for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece, March 12, 2020. (Photo by Antonis Nikolopoulos/Xinhua)
China's Wang Zhiyi reacts during the women's singles second round match with Spain's Carolina Marin at the All England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham, Britain, on March 12, 2020. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)
Teachers instruct student Huang Yujuan (2nd R) to use online class system on TV at Taiping Town, Wuming District of Nanning City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 12, 2020. Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the new semester has been suspended and students have online classes at home. Given the fact that some poverty-stricken households cannot afford the facilities for online classes, local authorities have installed facilities to help the impoverished students learn via online classes. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)
Photo taken on March 12, 2020 shows a flooded street in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian capital Cairo witnessed a thunderstorm and heavy rains on Thursday. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Police officers salute the cured coronavirus patients who have finished a 14-day quarantine for medical observation at a rehabilitation center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 12, 2020. A total of 85 cured coronavirus patients who were discharged from hospital finished their 14-day quarantine for medical observation on Thursday at the rehabilitation center based in Wuhan Vocational College of Software and Engineering. They would be sent directly to their communities and return home accompanied by community staff. Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, requires COVID-19 patients cured and discharged from hospital to go on a 14-day quarantine at designated places for medical observation. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
A cosmetics seller introduces products through live broadcast on Taobao, a shopping platform of e-commerce giant Alibaba, at a shopping mall in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)
Tourists visit an aquarium in Sanya City, south China's Hainan Province, March 12, 2020. Tourism in the city is gradually recovering as cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are trending downward. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
People disembarked from the Grand Princess cruise ship line up to board a plane heading for designated places for check and quarantine, at the Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California, the United States, March 11, 2020. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)
Chinese experts conduct video epidemic prevention guidance in Baghdad, Iraq, March 11, 2020. A team of seven Chinese experts have been busy visiting Iraqi hospitals and talking with health experts and officials to help the war-torn Mideast country's health system cope with COVID-19. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)
Photo taken on March 12, 2020 shows a heavy dust storm shrouding Khartoum, capital of Sudan. (Xinhua/Mohamed Khidir)
Aerial photo taken on March 12, 2020 shows the scenery of cherry blossoms in Guian New District, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
A girl wearinga mask is seen at Indra Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, March 12, 2020. The Indian government has suspended all tourist visas amid COVID-19 spread. As per Indian government update on Thursday afternoon, there have been 74 confirmed coronavirus cases nationwide. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
People wearing masks are seen at Sindorim Station in Seoul, South Korea, March 12, 2020. South Korea confirmed 110 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Friday local time, raising the total number of infections to 7,979. One more death was reported, lifting the death toll to 67. The total fatality rate stood at 0.84 percent. A total of 177 more patients were discharged from quarantine after making full recovery, pulling up the combined number to 510. (NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua)
