BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
People receive COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Gulou District of Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 9, 2021. Jiangsu has launched a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
A train passes by the Yellow Crane Tower park in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 9, 2021. China implemented a new railway operating plan starting April 10, 2021, to further improve the country's railway passenger and freight transport capacity. (Photo by Zhao Jun/Xinhua)
Zhang Boli (1st L), an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and head of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, wipes tears during his visit at the makeshift hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 9, 2021. Featuring traditional Chinese medicine treatment, the makeshift hospital in Wuhan's Jiangxia District was transformed from a sports center. It received a total of 564 patients till its closure on March 10, 2020. None of them saw their health condition deteriorate. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
Aerial photo taken on March 30, 2021 shows a view of ice melting of Qinghai Lake in northwest China's Qinghai Province.The thawing area of Qinghai Lake has reached 83% by April 8, 2021. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)
Aerial photo taken on April 9, 2021 shows white geese foraging in the river channel in Jiyang District of Jinan City, east Chian's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)
Aken(L) and his colleague greet customers at a cafe in east China's Shanghai, April 8, 2021. Hearing-impaired Aken is the store manager of the cafe named HINICHIJOU. The cafe which features a bear paw serving coffee provides job opportunities to disabled people. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)
Huang Yuxuan (front) of Shaolin Tagou ice hockey team participates in a training session in Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School, Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, March 30, 2021. Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School, a few kilometers away from the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Shaolin Kung Fu, is building its ice hockey team. The students learn the sport on roller skates at a standard-size rink covered with floor, instead of ice. "Practicing martial arts strengthens their physiques and provides them with athletic qualities that ice hockey requires, " said training director Zhang Shanghang, who is from Beijing Sport University. Beijing 2022 has encouraged schools across the country to popularize winter sports and cultivate talents. As one of the pilot schools in ice hockey, Shaolin Tagou started the training with over 1,000 students aged from 6 to 15 in 2019. These students expect to play real ice hockey in the future," said Zhang. (Xinhua/Li An)
A woman walks a dog in Montargis, central France, on April 8, 2021. More than 10 million people have received a first COVID-19 vaccine dose in France, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday, pledging to quickly expand the vaccination rollout. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
File photo taken on June 17, 2017 shows Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip returning to the Buckingham Palace in London, Britain. Britain's Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, has died at the age of 99, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. (Xinhua/Han Yan)
File photo taken on March 30, 2021 shows migrants attempting to cross the Rio Bravo river on the border between Mexico and the United States, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A large increase in migrants pouring over the U.S. southern border has sparked yet another political fight in Washington between Republicans and Democrats. (Photo by David Peinado/Xinhua)
Photo taken on April 8, 2021 shows the archeological site of the "Lost Gold City" in Luxor, Egypt. An Egyptian archeological mission announced on Thursday the discovery of a 3,000-year-old "Lost Gold City" (LGC) in Egypt's monument-rich city of Luxor. (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Handout via Xinhua)■
