BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
A Long March-5B Y3 carrier rocket, carrying Wentian lab module, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, July 24, 2022. The rocket blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan at 2:22 p.m. (Beijing Time), according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). About 495 seconds later, Wentian separated from the rocket and entered the planned orbit. The launch is a complete success, the CMSA declared. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
Simulated image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on July 25, 2022 shows that Wentian lab module has successfully docked with the front port of Tianhe core module combination. Wentian, the first lab module of China's space station, has successfully docked with the combination of the Tianhe core module, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
The Wentian module, launched on Sunday afternoon, docked with the front port of Tianhe at 3:13 a.m. Monday (Beijing Time), after it entered the planned orbit and completed state setting. The whole process took approximately 13 hours, the CMSA said.
It is the first time that China's two 20-tonne-level spacecrafts conducted rendezvous and docking in orbit, and also the first time that space rendezvous and docking were carried out during the astronauts' in-orbit stay in the space station, the CMSA said. Later, the Shenzhou-14 astronauts will enter Wentian as scheduled, the CMSA said. (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)
Members of a scientific expedition team walk in the headwater region of the Lancang River in Zadoi County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province, July 24, 2022. Chinese scientists launched an expedition on Sunday in the headwater regions of the Yangtze and Lancang rivers in northwest China's Qinghai Province, to investigate the regions' water resources and ecological environment.
The expedition will conduct scientific investigations into the water resources, river hydrology, water ecology, glaciers, soil erosion and permafrost of the regions, among other things, according to the Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute (CRSRI) of the Changjiang Water Resources Commission, which is leading the expedition. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Photo taken on July 23, 2022 shows an interior view of the National Archives of Publications and Culture in Beijing, capital of China.
China on Saturday inaugurated the National Archives of Publications and Culture for preserving bibliology resources. After a three-year construction, the project comprises archives in Beijing and three other branches in Xi'an, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou, respectively. It will be responsible for inheriting and preserving national bibliology resources after its opening. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Aerial panoramic photo taken on July 21, 2022 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Using FAST, also dubbed as the "China Sky Eye," scientists have identified over 660 new pulsars since October 2017. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Aerial photo taken on July 22, 2022 shows the Lancang River grand bridge (middle) in the Dali-Baoshan section of the Dali-Ruili Railway, along with a China-Myanmar oil and gas pipeline (front) and the Jihong bridge (back), in southwest China's Yunnan Province. Baoshan in southwest China's Yunnan Province is no longer a city without rail links after the Dali-Baoshan section of the Dali-Ruili Railway officially went into operation on Friday. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
People of Yi ethnic group take part in a ceremony to celebrate a torch festival in Bijie City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 22, 2022. (Photo by Luo Dafu/Xinhua)
Villagers attend a celebration of a torch festival in Taiping Village in Nanjian Yi Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
China's Zhu Yaming competes during the men's triple jump final at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in Eugene, Oregon, the United States, July 23, 2022. Zhu Yaming claimed the bronze with a season best of 17.31. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
Su Bingtian (R) of China reacts after the men's 4x100m relay heat at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in Eugene, Oregon, the United States, July 22, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar (R), the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (L, center), and Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov (L) sign a deal in Istanbul, Türkiye, on July 22, 2022. Russia and Ukraine separately signed a deal in Istanbul Friday with Türkiye and the United Nations to resume grain shipments from Ukrainian ports to international markets via the Black Sea.
The deal was first signed by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar and the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, and later by Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov with the other two sides. (Xinhua/Shadati)
Newly-elected Albanian President Bajram Begaj takes oath during his inauguration in Tirana July 24, 2022. Bajram Begaj was sworn in at the parliament on Sunday. (Photo by Gent Onuzi/Xinhua)■
