Beijing, Jan. 2, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
A national flag-raising ceremony is held at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
People watch the sunrise scenery in Hunchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)
Fireworks are seen during the New Year celebration at Times Square in New York, the United States, Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Han Fang)
People hold firecrackers while celebrating the New Year in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)
Fireworks are set off to celebrate the New Year near the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Fireworks illuminate the sky over Juzizhou Island and Du Fu Pavilion during the New Year celebrations in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)
People watch a traditional parade to celebrate the New Year in the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Giant pandas eat bamboo leaves at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 1, 2020. (Photo by Chen Juwei/Xinhua)
The aerial photo taken on Jan. 1, 2020 shows trucks of China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) arranged in the form of CGGC in the desert in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait. CGGC held a walkathon at its construction site in Kuwaiti desert to celebrate the New Year on Wednesday. More than 1,000 Chinese and foreign employees participated in the event. (Photo by Chen Cichao/Xinhua)
Members of China's 36th Antarctic expedition team collect fish samples aboard China's polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping)
A child sits in the flood in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 1, 2020. Torrential rains since New Year's Eve pounded Indonesian capital of Jakarta and its peripheral areas, causing massive floods on Wednesday. (Photo by Veri Sanovri/Xinhua)
Participants run into Lake Ontario during the 2020 Toronto Polar Bear Dip event at the Sunnyside Park in Toronto, Canada, Jan. 1, 2020. About 400 participants braved the chilly waters to celebrate the first day of 2020 in Toronto on Wednesday. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)
A man rows his boat as migratory birds fly over Yamuna river in New Delhi, India, Dec. 31, 2019. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
Wrestlers grapple during a practice session at the Shree Laxminarayan Vyayam Shala (traditional Indian wrestling) academy in Mumbai, India, on Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Fariha Farooqui)■
