Portraits are vivid while conveying fresh and overpowering emotions. In the year of 2019, the photographers of Xinhua captured the most splendid expressions around the world, reappearing people's joys and sorrows, composedness and anxiety, optimism and desperation...
Here are the Portraits of 2019 from Xinhua.
Veteran Guan Maolin salutes in a formation paying respect to state heroes during the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 1, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Ga)
Paraders take part in a mass pageantry celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 1, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)
An air echelon flies over the Tian'anmen Square during the celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 1, 2019. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
Combo photo shows 56-year-old Lu Cheng holding oranges he just picked (main image in the layout), and Lu's daily life (smaller images in the right-side column), in Dayang Village, Pingshan Town, Luzhai County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 24, 2019. In recent years, Luzhai County has strengthened its characteristic industries in poverty alleviation efforts. At present most poverty-stricken households in Luzhai County are engaged in characteristic industries, including planting, animal husbandry and rural tourism, which help increase their income.
From 2016 to 2018, 19 poverty-stricken villages in Luzhai County have shaken off poverty, with the number of impoverished residents in the county dropping from 27,587 to about 14,000 people. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Teacher Zhang Zhanliang (R, front) and his students blow to make a fire at a primary school in Chuntao Town of Yingtan City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 3, 2019. Zhang Zhanliang has served as the principal of the school since September 2018. With no canteen at the school, he has used his own money to buy food materials and made meals for the students. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
Performers are seen on the Azerbaijan Day of Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, on May 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
A convention is held to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the campaign of democratic reform in Tibet in the Potala Palace square in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 28, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
A staff member in traditional costumes poses at the Greece pavilion during the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
A visitor experiences a VR driving simulator at the booth of Kia Motors at the Automobile exhibition area during the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)
Technicians celebrate after the landing of Chang'e-4 lunar probe at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 3, 2019. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
Jack Ma waves to bid farewell at a function to mark the 20th anniversary of Alibaba Group in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 10, 2019. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
A girl visits the Smart China Expo in Chongqing, southwest China, Aug. 25, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
Zhang Jinshui (R) combs hair for his newly-wedded wife Guo Dangcun at a geracomium in Luonan County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Oct. 15, 2019. Zhang Jinshui, 71, and Guo Dangcun, 73, are a newly-wedded couple who live at a geracomium housing local poverty-stricken elderly people. Guo Dangcun lost her sight years ago because of disease and turned incommunicative under the strike of her former husband's death. Over the past few years, Zhang helped Guo with her daily life and regain her confidence and happiness. They officially married on Oct. 15, 2019 on the occasion of the White Cane Safety Day. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)
Wang Mengjie (L) and Yuan Xinyue of China celebrate winning the Round Robin match between China and Serbia at the 2019 FIVB Women's World Cup in Osaka, Japan, Sept. 28, 2019. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
China's Sui Wenjing (R) and Han Cong celebrate after the pairs' free skating competition of 2019 ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, on March 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)
China's Gong Lijiao celebrates after winning the title of the women's shot put final at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Oct. 3, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)
Pan Yucheng of China celebrates after the cross country of men's individual of military pentathlon at the 7th CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 23, 2019. (Xinhua/He Changshan)
Chinese three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang (C) arrives at a public hearing in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Montreux, Switzerland, on Nov. 15, 2019, as the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed against Sun Yang and FINA over FINA's previous decision in favor of Sun on his alleged anti-doping rule violations. (Photo by Alain Grosclaude/Xinhua)
Marcello Lippi, head coach of China, reacts during a press conference before the group A match between China and Syria of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, Nov. 13, 2019. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
Yao Ming (R), chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, and Yi Jianlian of China react during the group M match between China and Nigeria at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain on Nov. 6, 2019. (Xinhua/Han Yan)
British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain on May 24, 2019. (Xinhua/Alberto Pezzali)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the BRICS business forum in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 13, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)
Ursula von der Leyen attends a press conference after being elected the next president of the European Commission at the headquarters of European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza speaks to journalists during a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, on Feb. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures during the wrapping-up press conference of a two-day NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) defense ministers' meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 25, 2019. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
A girl reacts while watching the Notre Dame Cathedral after a fire in Paris, France, on April 16, 2019. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
A boy is seen in an abandoned building used as a temporary refuge for displaced civilians in Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 28, 2019. (Photo by Amru Salahuddien/Xinhua)
A malnourished child sits on bed as he receives medical treatment at a malnutrition care center in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 1, 2019. (Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed)
A reveler from a samba school performs during the first night of the carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 2, 2019. (Xinhua/Rahel Patrasso)
A model wears a chocolate headdress during the opening show of the 6th Brussels Chocolate Salon in Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
A boy smiles during a road safety campaign at a park in Manila, the Philippines, March 18, 2019. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
A model presents costumes of Chinese ethnic groups during a gala celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) staged at a cruise ship on the Seine River in Paris, France, Sept. 27, 2019. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
Women wait to experience the China-funded Matara-Beliatta railway line at the Matara Railway Station in Sri Lanka, April 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)
Sum Meyle receives a kiss from her daughter before a cataract operation at Kampong Cham Provincial Hospital in Kampong Cham, Cambodia, March 15, 2019.
Sum Meyle, 36, is a single mother with five children. She had suffered from cataract after her left eye was injured, and almost lost her job as a safeguard in Phnom Penh because of the poor eyesight.
On March 15, Meyle came to Kampong Cham when a friend told her that a team of Chinese doctors have been providing free eye treatment at a local hospital. Doctor Liang Hao of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University conducted a cataract operation for Meyle after a series of careful diagnoses.
When the medical eye patch was removed the next day, Meyle's face was enlivened with joy: her left eye could see things again.
"I don't know how to pay back for such kindness. The only thing I can do is to say thank you to the Chinese medical staff," says Meyle. "Without their help, there wouldn't be a new start in my life." (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)
Children hold giant panda pendants at a China-assisted school in Avarua, the Cook Islands' main island, Oct. 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)
Supervisor: Wang Jianhua
Producer: Zhang Chuanqi
Editors: Yu Yang, Jin Haoyuan, and Meng Tao
Video Editor: Ma Ping
