BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

People visit the 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai, east China, April 18, 2023. The 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition kicked off Tuesday at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). The exhibition, also known as Auto Shanghai 2023, is the first A-class international auto show held in China since the country adjusted its COVID-19 response. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

This photo taken on April 17, 2023 shows a view of a main tower of Huangmaohai Bridge in south China's Guangdong Province. The middle tower of Huangmaohai Bridge was successfully capped on Tuesday. As the main project of the Huangmaohai cross-sea passage, Huangmaohai Bridge has a total length of 2,200 meters. Once completed and open to traffic, the bridge will serve as one of the cross-sea and cross-river corridors in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

This undated file photo shows the Tripedalia maipoensis, or Mai Po Tripedalia, a new jellyfish species discovered by Hong Kong scientists in Mai Po Nature Reserve, south China's Hong Kong. Hong Kong scientists have discovered a new species of box jellyfish in Mai Po Nature Reserve in northern Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) said on Tuesday. It was the first discovery of a new box jellyfish species from the waters of China. A paper describing the new species was published in the international academic journal Zoological Studies in March. (HKBU/Handout via Xinhua)

Wang Xinyuan makes a piece of Guangzhou embroidery artwork about gorilla at his studio in Liwan District of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 4, 2023. Cantonese embroidery is one of the four famous embroideries in China. Guangzhou embroidery, part of Cantonese embroidery, dates back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and has a history of more than 1,000 years. Wang Xinyuan, a representative inheritor of Guangzhou embroidery, has been engaged in the walk for over 20 years. For him, passing on Guangzhou embroidery needs to combine modern concepts with tradition, "It's only innovation that gives life to the traditional art," Wang said. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

This photo taken on April 12, 2023 shows a livestock market in Horqin Left Wing Middle Banner of Tongliao City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Thanks to efforts towards scale and standardized operation, the beef cattle industry in Tongliao has seen brisk growth, boasting an annual beef cattle population of more than 3 million. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)

A herdsman herds his sheep on the spring pasture in Yumin County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

People march to the Capitol to protest for a ban on assault weapons, in Washington, D.C., the United States, on April 17, 2023. Four people were killed and at least 28 others injured in a shooting at a birthday party on Saturday night in the small Alabama town of Dadeville, the United States, authorities said Sunday. This incident took the United States to a bleak milestone of more than 160 mass shootings so far this year, with 12,277 deaths from gun violence, according to a database run by the nonprofit research group Gun Violence Archive. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

A man shows cartridge casings and shrapnel in a refugee camp of Jenin in the northern West Bank, on April 18, 2023. At least eight Palestinians were shot and injured on Tuesday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in a refugee camp of Jenin, Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

Rescuers search for victims at a landslide site in northwest Pakistan's Torkham on April 18, 2023. Eight people were injured and scores of others went missing under the rubbles following a land sliding at the Torkham border in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, rescue sources said. (Str/Xinhua)

An intelligent robot imitates the gesture of a man during the Hannover Messe in Hannover, Germany, on April 18, 2023. Germany's leading trade fair for mechanical and electrical engineering kicked off on Monday in Hannover, with the theme of "Industrial Transformation - Making the Difference." (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)■












