BEIJING, Oct. 19, 2019 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2019 shows a view of the opening ceremony of the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. China launched the 2019 Military World Games in its inland metropolis of Wuhan Friday evening with a dazzling ceremony showcasing the nation's ancient civilization and an offer of friendship to the world. (Xinhua/Li Ga)
The national flag of the People's Republic of China and the flag of the International Military Sports Council (CISM) are carried into the stadium during the opening ceremony of the 7th CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 18, 2019. China launched the 2019 Military World Games in its inland metropolis of Wuhan Friday evening with a dazzling ceremony showcasing the nation's ancient civilization and an offer of friendship to the world. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2019 shows a view of the opening ceremony of the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. China launched the 2019 Military World Games in its inland metropolis of Wuhan Friday evening with a dazzling ceremony showcasing the nation's ancient civilization and an offer of friendship to the world. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
Rao Zihe (C), an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Wang Xiangxi (L), a researcher at the Institute of Biophysics of CAS, and Bu Zhigao (R), director of the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), pose for photos at a press conference held by the Institute of Biophysics of CAS in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 18, 2019. Chinese scientists have unraveled the three-dimensional structure of the African swine fever virus, laying a solid foundation for developing effective and safe vaccines against the disease.
The research, jointly conducted by scientists at the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), ShanghaiTech University and other institutes, was published in the latest issue of the academic journal Science. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
People visit the venue during an event of Gulangyu Poetry Festival in Gulangyu, Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 18, 2019. The three-day Gulangyu Poetry Festival kicked off on Friday. The venue of the event is designed like a giant POS machine list. Some POS machines are set in the venue to print poems written by children living in the mountain areas in China. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)
A Palestinian protestor hurls stones at an Israeli soldier during clashes after a protest against the expanding of Jewish settlements in Kufr Qadoom village near the West Bank city of Nablus, Oct. 18, 2019. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)
Students have China-aided rice for lunch at Toyoyome primary school at suburb of Cotonou, Benin, Oct. 17, 2019. Benin's Minister of State for Planning and Development Abdoulaye Bio-Tchane said China has been the main partner to the West African nation's integrated school feeding program aimed at improving school enrolment and retention rates for children. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)
Residents look for their belongings through their charred homes after a fire at a residential area in Navotas City, the Philippines, Oct. 18, 2019. According to the Navotas City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, around 200 shanties were razed in the fire. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
The handout photo by Israeli Government Press Office shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jerusalem, on Oct. 18, 2019. Netanyahu held meeting with Pompeo in Jerusalem on Friday, the prime minister's office reported. They discussed security matters in the Middle East, focusing on the tension between Turkey and Kurds in northeastern Syria and the Iranian issue. (Amos Ben Gershon-GPO/JINI via Xinhua)
