BEIJING, June 17 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Photo taken on June 17, 2022 shows the launching ceremony of China's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, in east China's Shanghai. The carrier, named after Fujian Province, was completely designed and built by the country. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
Photo taken on June 16, 2022 shows high-speed railway tracks at Beijing Fengtai Railway Station in Fengtai District of Beijing, capital of China. Beijing Fengtai Railway Station will soon be put into operation after a renovation that started in 2018. The station is expected to become Asia's biggest railway passenger hub, which will be served by both high-speed and conventional speed railways. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Employees work on the general assembly line of FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. at Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), north China's Tianjin, June 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)
Combo photo shows a super major bridge along the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (top, aerial photo taken on May 19, 2022) and the first train running on the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway pulling out of Hotan Railway Station in Hotan, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on June 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Customs officers pass a China-Europe freight train at the Shenyang East Railway Station in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, June 16, 2022. The railway station saw the 100th China-Europe freight train pull out on Thursday. As of Thursday, the station has seen the trips of the China-Europe freight trains increase by 30 percent year on year in 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)
Photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows a successfully matched bronze sculpture that depicts a human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure, in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incomplete part wears a tight skirt with cloud patterns and has strong legs with bird claws that step on two birds. Archaeologists speculate that the human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure should be a divinity statue. (Photo by Lu Haizi/Xinhua)
Students play Pipa (4-stringed Chinese lute) while singing a song of the Dong ethnic group during a class at Jiangchuan primary school in Guyi Township of Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)
Students use foldable desks and chairs for a nap after lunch at a primary school in Leidian Township of Deqing County, Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 16, 2022. (Photo by Xie Shangguo/Xinhua)
China's Zhao Junpeng hits a return during the men's singles round of 32 match against Netherlands' Mark Caljouw at Indonesia Open 2022 in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 15, 2022. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)
A baby green turtle scurries into the sea at the Chagar Hutang Turtle Sanctuary located in the northern part of Redang Island, Terengganu, Malaysia, on June 14, 2022. The Chagar Hutang Turtle Sanctuary is one of the main nesting sites for green and hawksbill turtles. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)
A train packed with passengers pulls out at a train station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 15, 2022. The number of train passengers recently has increased in Sri Lanka due to rising fuel prices, fuel shortages, and rising bus fares, according to local media report. (Xinhua/Tang Lu)■
