Beijing, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Ernando Piveta (C), a 99-year-old Brazilian World War II veteran, is discharged from the Armed Forces Hospital after recovering from the COVID-19 in Brasilia, Brazil, April 14, 2020.
Ernando Piveta, who had been a member of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, was admitted to the hospital on April 6 and treated in the facility's "COVID ward" after testing positive for the virus, the Defense Ministry said. Born on Oct. 7, 1920, Piveta received the Medal of Victory from Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro last year for his service to the nation. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua)
Huo Jiajia (R), a medical worker who aided the fight against COVID-19 in Wuhan, hugs her daughter Yao Ruyu after a 14-day quarantine at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, April 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)
Aerial photo taken on April 14, 2020 shows ambulances transferring the last batch of COVID-19 patients to other hospitals at Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
Aerial photo taken on April 14, 2020 shows vehicles passing on the Second Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Jason Baird, who runs a martial arts academy in South Manchester, dressed up as Spider-Man, entertains the public amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Manchester, Britain on April 13, 2020. (Photo by Jon Super/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on April 10, 2020 shows Children playing table tennis on a roof of a residential building in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
Greek pensioner Aspasia Tampouratzi (C) and her flat mate receive essentials from "Help at Home" program of the municipality of Nea Smyrni, in Athens, Greece, on April 14, 2020.
In the wake of the pandemic, the Greek government boosted the "Help at Home" program in order to support the most vulnerable members of Greek society. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)
Residents queue up to enter a new store for shopping in Mahboula area, which is under lockdown due to the coronavirus, of Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait, April 14, 2020.
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Fighters of UN-backed Libyan government celebrate on a vehicle in the western Libyan city of Sabratha, April 13, 2020.
The UN-backed Libyan government said on Monday that its forces took four more cities from the rival east-based army. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)
A municipal worker sprays disinfectant at a makeshift isolation hospital for COVID-19 patients in Chennai, India, April 14, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)
Photo taken on April 14, 2020 shows the ward at a makeshift hospital converted from an office building, in Suifenhe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
The makeshift hospital in Suifenhe, a city at the China-Russia border in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, will provide some 600 beds for patients. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)
A spectator watches TV as French President Emmanuel Macron speaks from the Elysee Palace during a televised address in Paris, France, April 13, 2020.
France would remain under a nationwide lockdown until May 11 to stem the spread of COVID-19 and reduce its impact on domestic health institutions, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
A footage on a mobile phone shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation in a televised speech in New Delhi, India, April 14, 2020. Modi on Tuesday extended the countrywide lockdown till May 3 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
The "China Post" CR Express 1st block train is unloading in Vilnius, Lithuania, April 14, 2020.
The first train of new postal rail service to Europe, loaded with much-needed medical supplies, arrived early Sunday in Vilnius, according to the Chinese Embassy in Lithuania. (Lithuania Post/Handout via Xinhua)
A man crosses a road in the rain near the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Headquarters in Washington D.C., the United States, April 13, 2020.
The global economy is on track to contract "sharply" by 3 percent in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, much worse than during the 2008-09 financial crisis, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s World Economic Outlook released Tuesday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)
Photo taken on April 13, 2020 shows a general view of the Bank of England in London, Britain. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)
A meerkat plays with an Easter egg during a special Easter Day activity at the Zagreb Zoo in Zagreb, Croatia, April 13, 2020. (Sandra Simunovic/Pixsell/Handout via Xinhua)
Photo taken on April 13, 2020 shows blooming pear trees in Shichuan Township of Gaolan County, northwest China's Gansu Province.
The pear orchard boasts a history of hundreds of years and covers an area of about 12,000 mu (800 hectares). (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)■
