BEIJING, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
A protester holds a sign near the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, on June 8, 2020.(Xinhua/Liu Jie)
The casket of George Floyd is put into a hearse to a cemetery in Houston, Texas, the United States, on June 9, 2020. The funeral of African American George Floyd was held Tuesday in the southern U.S. city of Houston, where he was brought up and spent most of his life, two weeks after his tragic death in police custody in Minneapolis. (Photo by Chengyue Lao/Xinhua)
Rescuers work at the site where a building collapsed in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 8, 2020. The death toll from the collapse of a five-storey residential building in Karachi has risen to 13 on Tuesday morning, police and rescue officials said. (Str/Xinhua)
A visitor walks past a disinfectant chamber at Senayan City Shopping Mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 9, 2020. Indonesia has been gradually easing restrictions applied to curb the novel coronavirus spread and is gearing up for reopening the economy under a new normal scenario. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)
Ships pass the approach channel upstream of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, central China's Hubei Province, June 9, 2020. The water level of the Three Gorges reservoir dropped to 144.99 meters as of Monday afternoon, two days ahead of schedule, in a bid to make room to contain water from potential seasonal flooding. (Photo by Zheng Jiayu/Xinhua)
People fish on the Galata Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 9, 2020. The old bridge at the historical heart of Turkey's biggest city Istanbul on Tuesday is filled with anglers, raising concerns of the Turkish government and local authorities over the spread of COVID-19. After the government eased the COVID-19 restrictions last week, more than 500 fishermen each day flocked to the Galata Bridge, a hotspot fishing location in the European part of the city, spanning the Golden Horn. (Photo by Osman Orsal/Xinhua)
Photo taken on June 9, 2020 shows the video meeting of the IOC Coordination Commission for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Aerial photo taken on June 9, 2020 shows graduating students attend a game to help themselves relax in the run-up to the National College Entrance Exam (NCEE) in Hengshui No. 2 High School in Hengshui, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)
Aerial photo taken on June 9, 2020 shows a view of the Tianhetan scenic area in Guiyang City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Tourists take part in a night tour at the Longmen Grottoes scenic area in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, June 8, 2020.
The Longmen Grottoes scenic area introduced night tour programs April 10 for tourists to visit some of the finest Chinese Buddhist art. (Xinhua/Li An)
A man wearing a face shield is seen in Moscow, Russia, on June 9, 2020. Russia added 8,595 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 485,253, the country's coronavirus response center said in a statement Tuesday. Moscow lifted most of its coronavirus-related restrictions Tuesday as the situation in the city has improved, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Monday. (Xinhua/Evgeny Sinitsyn)
The Notre-Dame Cathedral is seen during the dismantling operations of the scaffolding in Paris, France, on June 9, 2020. Workers officially began on Monday the removal and dismantling of the fire-damaged scaffolding atop the Cathedral, which had been badly damaged in a blaze last year. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)■
