BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Chinese gymnast Li Shijia competes during the Women's Balance Beam Final of the 2019 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Oct. 13, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)
Chinese composer and conductor Tan Dun (R, front) is pictured during "China Night" concert at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, the United States, on Oct. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)
Twin pandas Mengbao and Mengyu play at their new home at the Beijing Zoo in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 13, 2019. The pair of twin pandas met the public at the Beijing Zoo Sunday, bringing the zoo's panda population to ten. The twin sisters, Mengbao and Mengyu, arrived in Beijing on September 10. Born in May 2018 in Sichuan Province, each of them now weighs 40 kg. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Ding Guokun works on a piece of lacquerware at his home in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 12, 2019. Ding, 76, a national-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor, has been making bodiless lacquerware since he was 16. "Keep doing one thing and do it well. You will eventually earn people's recognition, " said Ding. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
Handcraft pumpkin carvings are seen during the 2019 Pumpkinferno at Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 12, 2019. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)
A cowboy performs at San Dimas Charity Pro Rodeo in San Dimas, Los Angeles, the United States, Oct, 12, 2019. (Photo by Qian Weizhong/Xinhua)
Torrents are seen in Chikuma River of Nagano Prefecture, Japan, Oct. 13, 2019. The bank of the Chikuma River in Nagano Prefecture collapsed and caused massive flooding in residential areas. Nagano Prefecture was one of the areas hit hard by Typhoon Hagibis in Japan. (Xinhua/Hua Yi)
A woman with a kid casts her ballot at a polling station in Warsaw, Poland, on Oct. 13, 2019. The exit poll after the closing of the vote in Poland at 9 p.m. on Sunday indicated governing Law and Justice party (PiS) won 43.6 percent of the vote in the parliamentary election. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/Xinhua)
Supporters of Kais Saied celebrate on Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, Tunisia, on Oct. 13, 2019. Tunisia's independent presidential candidate Kais Saied announced Sunday evening that he won the second round of presidential election. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)
Samaritans take part in a traditional pilgrimage celebrating Sukkot, or the Feast of Tabernacles, at Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus, on Oct. 13, 2019. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)
A man attends a memorial ceremony for late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 13, 2019. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)
Wissam Ali Youssef shows his collection of banknotes and Guinness World Record certificate at his home in Chakra, Lebanon, on Oct. 12, 2019. Recently, 42-year-old Wissam Ali Youssef, a Lebanese from Chakra in southern Lebanon, set a new Guinness World Record for owning the biggest collection of banknotes with 12,282 pieces from different countries and regions around the world. (Photo by Bilal Jawich/Xinhua)
