BEIJING, Oct. 11, 2019 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Wu Dajing is seen on the opening ceremony of 2019-2020 Season SpeedSkating Direct International Competition Trials held in Beijing Erqi National Winter Sports Training and Research Base in Beijing, Oct. 10, 2019. (Xinhua/Tao Xiyi)
Photo taken at a laboratory of Chenshan Botanical Garden on Oct. 10, 2019 shows the different appearances of Ceratopteris pteridoides leaves in Shanghai, east China. Ceratopteris pteridoides, a wild plant under state's second-level protection, is recently found distributed in many places in Shanghai. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)
People attend a welcoming ceremony for the Chinese naval destroyer Taiyuan at a dock in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan on Oct. 10, 2019. Chinese naval destroyer Taiyuan is here to join an international fleet review scheduled for Oct. 14. (Xinhua/Ma Caoran)
Matthew Cheung (C) , Chief Secretary for Administration of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), speaks at a press conference in Hong Kong, south China, Oct. 10, 2019. (Xinhua/Lu Ye)
Photo taken from southern Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar on Oct. 10, 2019 shows smoke rising from the northern Syrian city of Ras al-Ain during an attack launched by Turkish army. Turkish airstrikes and howitzers have hit 181 targets in northern Syria as part of Operation Peace Spring, said Turkish Defense Ministry on Thursday. Turkish troops have entered 7 km deep into the border town of Tal Abyad in Syria, but the move is slower in the city of Ras al-Ain because of intense fire from the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)
Romania's Prime Minister Viorica Dancila addresses the parliament during a no-confidence vote against her government in Bucharest, capital of Romania, Oct. 10, 2019. The Romanian Social Democratic government collapsed on Thursday, losing a censure motion initiated by main opposition National Liberal Party and supported by almost all the other parties in the parliament.
The motion of no confidence garnered 238 votes in favor, five votes more than the required minimum of 233 votes, or 50 percent plus one in the 465-seat bicameral parliament.
Thus the cabinet led by Social Democrat leader Viorica Dancila became the fourth government impeached in Romania in the last 30 years. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)
A visitor tours the Upside Down House at the Museum of Illusions in Los Angeles, the United States, on Oct. 9, 2019. Located at Hollywood of Los Angeles, the Upside Down House features seven upside down rooms, attracting lots of visitors. (Xinhua/Li Ying)
Aerial photo taken on Oct. 10, 2019 shows local villagers airing fish in Jingtou Village, Duchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province.
A Syrian girl goes on a homebound trip by bus from Beirut, Lebanon on Oct. 10, 2019.
Around 1,000 Syrian refugees returned home from Lebanon on Thursday, the National News Agency reported.
Syrians from different cities in Lebanon, including the capital Beirut, Zahle, Sidon and Tripoli, returned to their homeland by bus with the help of Lebanese General Security. (Photo by Bilal Jawich/Xinhua)
A man uses a phone with Chinese Oppo brand at a shopping mall in Chennai, India, Oct. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)
People look at a Zhi-20 (Z-20) helicopter during the 5th China Helicopter Exposition in north China's Tianjin, Oct. 10, 2019. A fleet of China's new self-developed Z-20 helicopters has made a demonstration flight at the ongoing helicopter expo in the city of Tianjin. (Xinhua/Li Ran)
Wu Lei (L) of China shoots during the group A match between China and Guam at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 10, 2019. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2019 shows the site of an overpass collapse in the city of Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province. The highway overpass collapsed Thursday afternoon, crushing three cars beneath it, local authorities said. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
