BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Combo photo shows lathe worker Qiu Li at work in Harbin Electric Machinery Company Limited in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 29, 2021. Tuesday marks the 102nd anniversary of the May Fourth Movement in China. As the country embarks on a new quest to fully build a modern socialist country, the strength of youth will play a vital role in achieving this goal. Chinese youth are a fresh and important force of the Communist Party of China (CPC). In 2019, the CPC recruited over 2.34 million new members, 80.3 percent of whom were aged 35 or younger, according to the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)
Employees of the China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp. Ltd. northwest branch work at the construction site for a new airport in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on May 3, 2021. People from various sectors stick to their posts during the Labor Day holiday. (Photo by Wang Zheng/Xinhua)
People watch a cinefilm on popular science at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum in Shanghai, east China, May 2, 2021. During the May Day holiday, Shanghai Science and Technology Museum projects its last two cinefilms on popular science for its audience. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
China's Three Tenors, Dai Yuqiang, Mo Hualun and Wei Song (from R to L), perform during a concert tour at Zhuhai Grand Theater in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, May 2, 2021. (Photo by Xu Jianmei/Xinhua)
Visitors watch a night performance in Yanzhou ancient city in Meicheng Township, Jiande City of east China's Zhejiang Province, on May 2, 2021. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
A visitor walks past a reproduction during an exhibition highlighting the works of Italian painter Raphael at Shenzhen's Nanshan Museum in south China's Guangdong Province, May 3, 2021. A total of 68 artworks, including 39 original pieces, of Raphael and several other Italian artists are on display at the exhibition titled "Raphael and the Classical Canon". (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Xu Jiayu of Zhejiang reacts after the men's 100m backstroke final at the 2021 Chinese National Swimming Championships in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, May 3, 2021. Olympic runner-up and two-time world champion Xu Jiayu extended his winning streak in the men's 100m backstroke as he claimed his eighth consecutive victory at the Chinese National Swimming Championships here on Monday. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)
The handover ceremony of a key operating base is held at Camp Antonik in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 2, 2021. The U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Sunday handed over a key operating base to Afghan National Army in restive southern Helmand province, reported local media. About 3,500 U.S. forces and 7,000 NATO troops will be withdrawn before Sept. 11. (Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense/Handout via Xinhua)
A worker transports oxygen cylinders at a hospital in Jammu, the winter capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 3, 2021. Amid spike in COVID-19 cases, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday held a virtual meeting with experts to review oxygen availability in the country, officials said. (Str/Xinhua)
People enjoy their time beneath blooming cherry blossom trees in Berlin, capital of Germany, on May 2, 2021. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)
