BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
A Long March-7 Y7 rocket carrying the Tianzhou-6 cargo craft blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, May 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
A tourist in traditional Chinese clothing Hanfu visits the Huaqing Palace scenic area in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 5, 2023. Xi'an, a city with over 3,100 years of history, served as the capital for 13 dynasties in Chinese history. It is also home to the world-renowned Terracotta warriors created in the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC).
As one of the cultural landmarks in Xi'an, Huaqing Palace, a former winter resort for emperors in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), is located at the foot of Lishan Mountain. The palace is famous for the legendary love story of Tang Emperor Li Longji and his favorite concubine Yang Yuhuan. It's also the location of a famous historical event known as the Xi'an Incident. (Photo by Zou Jingyi/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on May 9, 2023 shows farmers planting rice seedlings in a field in Daoming Township of Chongzhou, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Farmers across the province have recently been busy with works in the fields. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
This aerial photo taken on May 8, 2023 shows people enjoying Zibo-style barbecue cuisine in Linzi District of Zibo, east China's Shandong Province. Zibo, a city with over 3,000 years of history located in central Shandong Province, is uniquely made up of several districts that are about 20 kilometers from each other but well-connected with traffic lines.
The city shot to national fame earlier this year after social media influencers hyped up the unique local barbecue -- grilled meat wrapped in pancakes with shallots. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)
A student from the Liaoning Agricultural Technical College demonstrates flower arrangement artworks in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 10, 2023. Teachers and professionals in gardening and floriculture presented flower arrangement artworks at the Liaoning Agricultural Technical College on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)
People visit a tulip pick farm in Fenwick, Ontario, Canada, on May 10, 2023. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)
A barrage of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel are seen in the sky over Gaza City, on May 10, 2023. The Gaza-based joint chamber of military operations of Palestinian factions claimed firing a barrage of rockets to southern and central Israel on Wednesday, in response to the surprising Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday predawn, which killed three senior members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement's armed wing in the Gaza Strip and their wives and children. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Fireworks explode to mark the 78th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War, Russia's term for World War II, in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 9, 2023. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)■
