BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
An examinee claps hands with a person dressed as a mascot sending best wishes at a national college entrance examination site in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 7, 2024. China's national college entrance examination, known as the Gaokao, started on Friday. (Xinhua/Li Bo)An aerial drone photo taken on June 7, 2024 shows a dragon boat race at sea in Lianjiang County, southeast China's Fujian Province. (Photo by Wang Wangwang/Xinhua)Ding Ding observes the crown of the Guest-Greeting Pine, a must-visit landmark on Huangshan Mountain, with a pair of binoculars in east China's Anhui Province, June 4, 2024. In 2016, Ding Ding became one of the guardians of the Guest-Greeting Pine, assisting Hu Xiaochun, the 19th guardian of the pine. They are not only colleagues, but also mentor and apprentice. Everyday, Ding Ding starts the patrol at 6:30 a.m. and conducts it every two hours, observing subtle changes in branches, leaves and bark, as well as the supporting frames and cables. He also uses the drone to survey the surrounding environment of the tree. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)The AC311A civil helicopter undergoes a sling-load flight test in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 24, 2024. China's independently-developed AC311A civil helicopter has successfully completed a major plateau sling-load flight test in Lhasa, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). (AVIC/Handout via Xinhua)This photo taken on April 3, 2024 shows the star trails seen from China Coast Guard vessel Huayang patrolling the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao. In May 2024, China Coast Guard vessel Huayang returned to Sanya City of south China's Hainan Province after completing a patrol task in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao. During this round of patrol, the law enforcers worked continuously for weeks in a high temperature, high humidity and high salinity environment, firmly safeguarding China's territorial sea. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)A new Chinese-built high-speed train is unveiled in Belgrade, Serbia, June 7, 2024. The new Chinese-built high-speed train was unveiled in Belgrade on Friday during a ceremony attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. Vucic announced at the ceremony at Zemun train station that Serbia has ordered five trains from the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC), for passenger transport along the soon-to-be-completed Serbian section of the Belgrade-Budapest railway. The new train has 250 seats and can reach a speed of up to 200 km per hour. (Photo by Ren Weiyun/Xinhua)This photo taken on June 7, 2024 shows the Summer Night Concert presented by the Vienna Philharmonic at the park of Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria. The Summer Night Concert 2024 was staged here by the Vienna Philharmonic on Friday. (Xinhua/He Canling)People watch the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France, June 7, 2024. The Olympics rings are unveiled on the Eiffel Tower early in the morning of Friday as the French capital marks 50 days until the start of the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)■
