BEIJING, Oct. 12, 2019 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Jianre Yixi prepares to fly a helicopter in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 7, 2019. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was once known as a "no-fly zone" and it was extremely difficult to fly helicopters there. Now, after professional and intensive training, the first batch of young Tibetans has flown civilian helicopters to the Mt. Qomolangma base camp.(Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Yu Shengji examines a spinning wheel miniature crafted by him in Duchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 11, 2019. At age 74, Yu has been involved in carpentry for 58 years. In 2010, he began to make wooden miniatures of farm tools which are not only well-made, but also have moving parts of their own. By crafting these farm tool miniatures, he hopes he could recall China's pre-1980s farmland memories and re-expose people to the traditional way of farming. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
A team of parachuters stage a performance at the 2019 Yaocheng (Taiyuan) International General Aviation Show in Qingxu County, Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)
A student of Zhejiang University of Science and Technology prepares to take part in a formula car competition in Xiangyang City, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2019 shows the rice field in Guangdong Village of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, northeast China's Jilin Province. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)
Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2019 shows an aircraft of Silverstone Air, a Kenyan domestic airline, after it skidded off the runway in Nairobi, capital of Kenya. A plane veered off the runway while departing from the Wilson Airport in Kenyan capital Nairobi early Friday, injuring at least two people.(Xinhua)
A man uses a phone connected to a China UnionPay card to pass through a fare gate during a presentation at a metro station in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 11, 2019. People can pass fare gates at 150 Moscow metro stations from Friday by swiping a China UnionPay card with the "QuickPass" signage or a phone connected to such a card and capable of contactless payment. (Xinhua/Evgeny Sinitsyn)
A food shelf is empty in a supermarket of Tokyo, capital of Japan, Oct. 11, 2019. A powerful typhoon is expected to hit Tokyo and wide swathes of eastern Japan this weekend, the meteorological agency here said Friday.(Xinhua/Ma Caoran)
A supporter of Iran reacts during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Qualification match between Iran and Cambodia at Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 10, 2019. Iran won the match 14-0. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)
Camels participate in a training for a racing in Al Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait, on Oct.11, 2019. (Xinhua/Photo by Ghazy Qaffaf)
African refugees and asylum-seekers who have been living in Libya's detention centers read booklets from the government of Rwanda and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Kigali, Rwanda on Oct. 10, 2019. (Photo by Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua)■
