BEIJING, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
Chinese badminton player Liu Yuchen (R) makes a marriage proposal to gold medalist Huang Yaqiong after the mixed doubles gold medal match of badminton between Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong of China and Kim Won Ho/Jeong Na Eun of South Korea at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aug. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Ren Zhenglai)Gold medalists of France celebrate after the victory ceremony of mixed team of judo at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)Dearica Hamby (2nd R) of the United States passes the ball to teammate Hailey van Lith during the 3x3 basketball women's pool round game between Canada and the United States at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Xu Zijian)Zheng Qinwen of China celebrates after the women's singles gold medal match of tennis against Donna Vekic of Croatia at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Lai Xiangdong)Michelle Coleman of Sweden reacts before the women's 50m freestyle semifinals of swimming at Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on Aug. 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Du Yu)A worker feeds short-finned pilot whale "Haili" at Sanya Haichang Animal Conservation Center in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 2, 2024. "Haili", a short-finned pilot whale rescued earlier after being stranded in Haitang Bay of Sanya, has recovered well and is now able to feed and dive normally. In order to increase its activity, the rescue team has expanded its swimming area to three pools, and will make further treatment and release plans according to its physical condition. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)A panoramic drone photo taken on Aug. 3, 2024 shows scenery of the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)Artists perform during a celebration in Maqen County, the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Golog, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 3, 2024. The Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Golog saw a variety of activities organized on Saturday in celebration of the 70th anniversary of its establishment. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)A jade figurine is on exhibition at the Niuheliang site museum in Chaoyang City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 3, 2024. The Niuheliang site museum reopened to public on Saturday after nearly half a year's refurbishment. The Niuheliang site is the largest known sacrificial site and tomb group of northeast China's Hongshan culture. The Hongshan culture is an important prehistoric archaeological culture dating back approximately 5,000 to 6,000 years. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)Palestinians inspect the Hamama school attacked by Israeli warplanes in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in the north of Gaza City, Aug. 3, 2024. At least 15 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured by an Israeli airstrike on a school in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City on Saturday, Hamas said. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)To Lam (R) attends a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Aug. 3, 2024. The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has elected To Lam as general secretary of the CPV Central Committee, according to a statement on Saturday. (VNA via Xinhua)People attend the funeral of four Syrians killed by an Israeli airstrike in Chamaa, Lebanon, Aug. 2, 2024. Four Syrians were killed and four Lebanese civilians wounded on Thursday in an alleged Israeli raid that targeted a house in southern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua. The military sources, who spoke anonymously, said that an Israeli warplane fired four air-to-ground missiles at a house in Lebanon's southwestern village of Chamaa, killing a mother and her three children. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)■