BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Participants attend the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Torch Relay and Flame Lighting Ceremony at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2022. The torch relay for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games started here on Wednesday, two days before the Games officially opens. (Xinhua/Tao Xiyi)
Tai Lihua (R), head of China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, collects the flame during the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Torch Relay and Flame Lighting Ceremony at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Tao Xiyi)
The flame is lit as students and teachers sing a song during the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Torch Relay and Flame Lighting Ceremony at Beijing School For The Blind in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Xia Yifang)
The flame is lit during the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Torch Relay and Flame Lighting Ceremony at Sweet Home, a service place for people with disabilities, in Chaoyang District in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)
The flame is lit during the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Torch Relay and Flame Lighting Ceremony at the wharf of the Grand Canal in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Renzi)
Torchbearers Li Rui (L) and Zhou Jingjing run with their torches during the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Torch Relay and Flame Lighting Ceremony at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Tao Xiyi)
Torchbearers Ren Baocang, Qi Wensheng, Yang Jianzhong and Daindzin (from L to R) hand off the flame during the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Torch Relay and Flame Lighting Ceremony at the Temple of Heaven park in Beijing, capital of China, March 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Xia Yifang)
A freight train loaded with anti-COVID-19 supplies departs for Hong Kong from Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, March 2, 2022. A freight train loaded with anti-COVID-19 supplies in 18 containers left Shenzhen Wednesday for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), in the central authorities' efforts to help Hong Kong combat COVID-19. The Shenzhen-Hong Kong freight train runs once a day at the current stage, and its frequency may be increased according to the needs of Hong Kong. Wednesday's train carried 1.1 million COVID-9 virus test kits and 20,000 pieces of protective clothing and other medical supplies. The materials will be distributed to the anti-epidemic front on the same day. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)
Aerial photo taken on March 2, 2022 shows a plowing machine working in the field in Nanchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
Handout photo shows a sonar scan taken in 2021 of Yangtze No. 2 Ancient Shipwreck. Salvage of a 160-year-old shipwreck, the largest and best-preserved wooden shipwreck discovered underwater in China to date, began Wednesday. (Shanghai Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage/Handout via Xinhua)
A teacher gives a lesson on ear care knowledge in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 2, 2022. China's "Ear Care Day" is observed on March 3. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/Xinhua)
Students play floor curling at a school in Feixi County, east China's Anhui Province, March 2, 2022. (Photo by Xu Yong/Xinhua)
Migratory birds are seen in the Qilihai wetland nature reserve in Ninghe District of north China's Tianjin, March 2, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
Two lions are seen at the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Aug. 30, 2021. The World Wildlife Day, which is marked annually on March 3 to raise awareness on the world's wild animals and plants, is celebrated under the theme "Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration" this year. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)■
