BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Workers conduct cold-running test at a section of Hefei-Anqing high-speed railway in east China's Anhui Province, May 1, 2021. (Photo by Pan Xing/Xinhua)
People visit a wetland park in Sanming, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 2, 2021. Many people choose to travel during the May Day holiday. (Photo by Lin Wenbin/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on May 1, 2021 shows a view of the aqueduct on Pihe River's main channel after water filling in Feixi County of east China's Anhui Province. A long aqueduct on Pihe River's main channel successfully passed water filling tests on Saturday and was officially opened to navigation. The construction of the aqueduct is a key project of the mega water diversion project to divert water from the Yangtze River to the Huaihe River. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)
Aerial photo taken on May 1, 2021 shows the Hanjiangwan Bridge in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. The Hanjiangwan Bridge, with a width of 47 meters, was open to traffic on Saturday. It is the widest bridge over the Hanjiang River. (Photo by Li Xiang/Xinhua)
Fishing boats berth in quay in Chengshan Town of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, May 1, 2021. An annual summer fishing ban began on Saturday in China's major seas in the north, east, and south to preserve the marine fishery. The fishing ban covers the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the waters north of 12 degrees north latitude in the South China Sea. (Photo by Li Xinjun/Xinhua)
Wang Shangdian (L) and his colleague give a thumb-up in northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 30, 2021. Wang Shangdian is a senior lathe technician and lathe skills expert. His right thumb was comminuted in a processing accident in 2005, and he transplanted the second toe of his left foot to his hand. However, Wang returned to the lathe with perseverance and won a national championship in a lathe competition. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
Photo taken on April 30, 2021 shows a solar halo in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
Team members of Guangdong Southern Tigers celebrate after winning the third game of the finals between Guangdong Southern Tigers and Liaoning Flying Leopards at the 2020-2021 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Zhuji, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 1, 2021. Already unparalleled in winning their 10th CBA title last season, Guangdong Southern Tigers repeated their triumph over Liaoning Flying Leopards and refreshed their own record after winning a historic 11th CBA championship. (Xinhua/Sadat)
People attend the funeral of a victim of the stampede disaster at Mount Meron, in Jerusalem on April 30, 2021. Five children, aged from nine to 14, are among the 45 victims who were killed in a stampede disaster at Mount Meron in northern Israel on Thursday night, the country's health ministry said on Saturday. (JINI via Xinhua)
People gather at the site of a fuel tanker explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 2, 2021. At least four people were killed, 10 injured and five others went missing in a fuel tanker explosion in Kabul Saturday night, a local TV channel reported on Sunday. (Photo by Rahmatullah Alizadah/Xinhua)
A medical worker takes nasal sample for COVID-19 testing from a woman as requirement for passengers before they take train to travel back to hometown for Eid al-Fitr festival at Pasar Senen train station in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 1, 2021. The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 4,394 within one day to 1,677,274, with the death toll adding by 144 to 45,796, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)
Officials from South Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservancy Center (BKSDA) try to release a two-meter long rough-toothed dolphin which is stranded at a fishing farm in Maros district, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, April 30, 2021. (Photo by Niaz Sharief/Xinhua)
A Mallard duck swims in the Water Gardens of Annevoie in Annevoie-Rouillon, Namur, Belgium, May 1, 2021. The Water Gardens of Annevoie were designed and built by Charles-Alexis de Montpellier in the 18th century, with the combination of three ideas: "art enhancing nature", "art in tune with nature" and "art imitating nature". In 1930 the Gardens were opened for the general public. In 1982, the entire estate, including the gardens and the buildings, were listed as Historical Monuments.(Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)■
