BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
The Long March-7 Y3 rocket, carrying the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, May 29, 2021. China launched the cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-2 on Saturday, which is scheduled to dock with the space station core module Tianhe to deliver supplies, equipment, and propellant. (Photo by Guo Wenbin/Xinhua)
Residents queue up to buy "siu-mei", a kind of roasted food, at a food store in Liwan District, Guangzhou City, south China's Guangdong province, May 30, 2021. Price and supply of daily necessities are stable here amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
Aerial photo taken on May 28, 2021 shows the construction site of the Fuqing Haitan Strait offshore wind power project in Fuqing, southeast China's Fujian Province.
On Saturday, a 6.2-megawatt turbine with the domestic wind power main control system was successfully put into operation in the Fuqing Haitan Strait offshore wind power project developed by China Huadian Corporation LTD., which is the first application in offshore wind power units, indicating that China's offshore wind power units have realized independent control of the main control system. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
Yuan Ting checks fish fry to be released in Guiping, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 27, 2021.
An expert in the ecosystem-based fishery and rare fish species breeding, Dr. Yuan Ting came to the Dateng Gorge water conservancy in 2020 with a team of researchers. The focus of their research is the rescue, protection, and breeding of rare fish species native to the Pearl River basin.
On May 28, Yuan's team released 100,000 fish fry they have bred in a year into the upper reaches of the Dateng Gorge water conservancy.
According to Yuan, what they are doing can help increase the fish population in the Pearl River basin and protect its aquatic biodiversity, thus improving the local water environment. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Students practice national flag-raising during a national flag-raising open day activity at Taipa Camp of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Garrison in south China's Macao Special Administrative Region on May 29, 2021. A total of two hundred students from 4 universities and 37 middle schools in Macao participated in the open day activity on Saturday. (Photo by Chen Shuai/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on May 28, 2021 shows a herd of wild Asian elephants in Eshan County, Yuxi City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Authorities are tracking 15 wild Asian elephants in southwest China's Yunnan Province as the herd migrates northward.
The elephants are now wandering in the county of Eshan, following a long journey from the province's southmost prefecture starting from April 16. They are currently less than 50 km away from the provincial capital Kunming, the provincial forestry and grassland administration said. Monitoring images show that the herd includes six female adult elephants, three male adults, three sub-adults, and three cubs. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
Photo taken on May 30, 2021 shows a mussel breeding base in Shengsi County of Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Yao Feng/Xinhua)
A Lan (L) of China celebrates his goal during a Group A match between China and Guam at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Preliminary Joint Qualification in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 30, 2021. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
A resident attends a memorial event for the 215 children whose remains have been found buried at a former Kamloops residential school outside Vancouver Art Gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 29, 2021.
The reported discovery of the remains of 215 indigenous children at a former residential school in Kamloops in western Canada has shocked Canadian people. In a press release on Friday, the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations said it is grieving the location of the 215 children. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)
Sri Lankan security personnel remove debris from the X-Press Pearl ship, on a beach at Pamunugama in Negombo, Sri Lanka, on May 28, 2021. Sri Lanka's Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) on Friday said that a major environmental disaster was expected following the burning of the X-Press Pearl ship near the Colombo Port and the impact was being assessed. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)■
