BEIJING, Nov. 7, 2019 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Workers paint the wall of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Nov. 2, 2019. Every year, workers and hundreds of local volunteers gather at the Potala Palace in Lhasa to give the ancient palace a facelift. The 1,300-year-old palace is a landmark of Lhasa. It received 1.45 million tourists in 2017. The palace was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Giant panda Xin Xin is seen having a rest at the newly-opened Jiawuhai Giant Panda Conservation and Research Park in Jiuzhaigou County, the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 6, 2019. The Jiawuhai Giant Panda Conservation and Research Park officially opened here on Wednesday. The facility will serve as the new home for four giant pandas, namely Xin Xin, Tian Tian, Hai Hai and Xiao Liwu (meaning "Little Gift" in Chinese), which come from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. (Xinhua/Li Mengxin)
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 6, 2019 shows the autumn scenery in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2019 shows a view of the Equipment exhibition area during the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. The CIIE is held from Nov. 5 to Nov. 10. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)
Courtney Fortson (top) of Sichuan vies with Ren Junfei (C) of Guangdong during the 2019-2020 CBA regular season basketball match in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 5, 2019. (Xinhua/Wu Lu)
Han Zirong (4th L), vice president and secretary general of Beijing 2022, Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs (C), vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Founder of Samaranch Foundation, attend the launching ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Expo 2020 in Beijing, capital of China, on Nov. 6, 2019. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Keyth (R) teaches in an outdoor Portuguese lesson at Jiangxi College of Foreign Studies in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Nov. 5, 2019.In 2015, Keyth Cristina Nascimento Guimaraes followed her husband to China. The 36-year-old Brazilian has been teaching Portuguese language courses at Jiangxi College of Foreign Studies since 2017. She believes that working as a foreign language lecturer in China helps her know more about the country and its people. Keyth knew nothing about the Chinese language two years ago, but she is now able to communicate with the students in simple Chinese. According to Keyth, "I'm having a good time here in China!" is among the newest Chinese sentences she has learnt these days. "That's exactly what I want to tell my friends back in Brazil over the phone," she said. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2019 shows the historical Xiamei Village at sunset in Wuyishan, southeast China's Fujian Province. Xiamei Village in southeast China preserves some 70 classical residences which date back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Besides the old residences, the village's canal, pavilions and streets all add to the aesthetics of a Chinese waterfront community. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks to make a statement outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain on Nov. 6, 2019. Britain's general election campaign officially started Wednesday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson had an audience with Queen Elizabeth II to formally ask her permission to dissolve parliament. (Xinhua/Han Yan)
British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a Brexit speech in Harlow, Britain on Nov. 5, 2019. (Xinhua/Han Yan)
Chinese and Italian police officers patrol beside the Fontana di Trevi in Rome, Italy, Nov. 5, 2019. A group of 10 police officers from China join police in Italy for a three-week joint patrol to help handle cases and incidences related to the safety of Chinese traveling or living in Italy, according to the Ministry of Public Security. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)
A Hindu devotee prays at a temple during the Rakher Upobash, a Hindu religious fasting festival in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, Nov. 5, 2019. Hindu devotees gathered in front of a temple in Narayanganj to worship and pray to Gods during the ritual called Kartik Brati or Rakher Upobash. (Str/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 5, 2019 shows oriental white storks flying over Caofeidian wetland in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province. The oriental white stork is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The wild population is estimated at less than 3,000. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 6, 2019 shows people picking chrysanthemum flowers at a plantation in Zhongshan Village of Changxing County, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
