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Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Palestinian medics run to take cover from tear gas canisters fired by Israeli soldiers during a protest against Israeli settlements in al-Sawiya village, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, May 15, 2020. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)
Food rations provided by a local charity organization are seen in Sanaa, Yemen, May 14, 2020. According to UN estimates, nearly 80 percent of the population in Yemen require humanitarian assistance and protection.The country has 10 million people who are a step away from famine and 7 million people who are malnourished. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
People wait to receive food at a food distribution site in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, May 14, 2020. The number of initial jobless claims in the U.S. stood at 2,981,000 last week. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)
Municipal employees wearing protective suits disinfect a railway station in Moscow, Russia, May 15, 2020. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)
Residents take nucleic acid tests at a testing post set up at a plaza in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, May 15, 2020. Wuhan will arrange nucleic acid tests for all residents who have not been tested before, in order to better know the number of asymptomatic cases of the novel coronavirus.The decision was made as the virus-ravaged city continued to report daily increases of asymptomatic infections, which raised concerns among the public. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Police and soldiers are on duty in a restricted area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 15, 2020. Malaysia reported another 36 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the national total to 6,855, the Health Ministry said. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)
Villagers walk in the terraced field in Hejiayan Village of Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in southwest China's Chongqing, May 15, 2020. (Photo by Chen Bisheng/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on May 12, 2020 shows workers of a local Xuan paper manufacturer walking on a path after they ted raw materials for making Xuan paper in Jingxian County, east China's Anhui Province. Xuan paper is a type of handmade paper known for its smooth surface and its ability to absorb water and moisten ink. It is originally produced in ancient China and used for both Chinese calligraphy and paintings. The traditional process of making Xuan paper, which involves over 100 steps, has been a UNESCO world intangible cultural heritage since 2009 and is still kept alive in Jingxian County to this day. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)
Aerial photo taken on April 28, 2020 shows a view of a poverty-relief relocation site for the Baiku Yao People in Nandan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Picture published on May 15, 2020 by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) shows the sample of new 10 and 20 Zimbabwean dollar notes. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe said Friday it will introduce a new 10 Zimbabwe dollar note on May 19, followed by a 20-dollar note in the first week of June, as part of measures to increase physical money supply and curb cash shortages. (Xinhua)
