BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a special address at the 2022 World Economic Forum virtual session, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
A bullet train passes by the Yongdingmen (Gate of Perpetual Peace) in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 17, 2022.
The number of railway passenger trips during China's upcoming Spring Festival travel rush is expected to jump 28.5 percent from the holiday season last year, industry data shows.
The 2022 Spring Festival travel rush will last from Jan. 17 to Feb. 25.
During the 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, many Chinese people will travel to meet their families for the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, which will fall on Feb. 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
A paper-cutting artwork is seen on a window of the train G6737 at Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Passengers queue up to have their tickets checked at Hangzhou East Railway Station in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)
A disinfection robot is at work at Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
A staff member checks the engineering vehicles at a construction machinery company in Yantai, East China's Shandong Province, Jan. 17, 2022.
China's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 8.1 percent year on year to 114.37 trillion yuan (about 18 trillion U.S. dollars) last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. (Photo by Tang Ke/Xinhua)
Combo photo shows Wang Shouqiu (L) and his son Wang Yuntian pose for photos in March, 2010 (upper) and on Jan. 5, 2022.
Located in remote mountainous area in Wanbailin District of Taiyuan, Wangfeng Township had long suffered from poor transport infrastructure. In 1985, Wang Shouqiu became a postman of China Post serving Wangfeng Township, and held his post until a position transfer in 2020 due to his bad health condition. From the time of delivery on foot to delivery by mail van, Wang Shouqiu had earned respect and trust from local villagers with more than 30 years of earnest work. Bearing duty in mind, he suggested his son, Wang Yuntian, to take over his work.
Wang Yuntian was once reluctant to his father's advice. Wang Shouqiu told him that for villagers, especially the elderly in Wangfeng Township, mail is the only link with the outside world. Persuaded by father, Wang Yuntian finally decided to shoulder the responsibility of being the "link" and taking care of villagers. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)
Aerial photo shows train No. 4318 arriving at Shicheng Station in Fengcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 15, 2022.
Trains No. 4317 and 4318 are "slow trains" operating between Tonghua of Jilin Province and Dandong of Liaoning Province in northeast China. In the run-up to the Lunar New Year, the local railway authorities have been organizing onboard markets which allow villagers living along the trains' route to sell goods to passengers without leaving the train cars. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)
A rooster for sale on a "slow train" is seen at Shicheng Station in Fengcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)
A villager weighs a piece of meat on train No. 4318 in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)
Zhang Jie, former world champion and now a coach of a short-track speed skating team of members suffering from hearing or intellectual disabilities, interacts with a girl before training at Qitaihe Sports Center in Qitaihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)
People wearing face masks ride on the bus in Quezon City, the Philippines, Jan. 17, 2022. The Philippines reported 37,070 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, raising the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,242,374. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
People gather at the site of a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Jan. 16, 2022. A Somali government spokesman Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu was injured in the suicide car bombing here on Sunday, said a police source. (Photo by Hassan Bashi/Xinhua)
A member of an Israeli rescue team stands next to a vehicle stranded in a flooded river near the entrance to Jerusalem, on Jan. 16, 2022. Heavy storms that hit Jerusalem recently resulted in several areas flooded on Sunday. (JINI via Xinhua)
Photo taken on Jan. 16, 2022 shows a view of Dead Vlei at Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
Tourists wearing traditional Hanbok dress walk inside the Gyeongbokgung Palace in snow in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yiliang)■
