BEIJING, June 20(Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
Attendees sing the national anthem at the 19th national congress of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) in Beijing, capital of China, June 19, 2023. The CYLC convened its 19th national congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)
This aerial photo taken on June 19, 2023 shows the newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station on the Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The newly built part of Xiamen North Railway Station, with a construction area of 250,000 square meters, is located on the north side of the current Xiamen North Railway Station. After the completion of the newly built part, the Xiamen North Railway Station will have 13 platforms and 27 rail tracks in total, with an annual passenger volume of 50 million. The new Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway is the country's first cross-sea high-speed railway. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour and eight stations along the route, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to just one hour. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
This photo taken on May 15, 2023 shows a night view of Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Institute in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province. Jingdezhen is a world-famous "porcelain capital" in east China's Jiangxi Province. The city has four national-level industrial heritage sites. In the past few years, Jingdezhen has advanced the protection and utilization of industrial heritage, injecting new vitality to the city's development. The old workshops in Taoxichuan industrial heritage complex have been transformed into art museums, galleries, livestreaming workshops, traditional ceramic workshops, restaurants and hotels. Cultural relics unearthed from the imperial kiln site, an industrial heritage site which dates back to the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911), are on display at the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Institute, which is located next door to the imperial kiln relics site. (Xinhua/Lu Zhe)
This aerial photo taken on June 15, 2023 shows people visiting the Slender West Lake scenic spot in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. China's Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. Yangzhou, a scenic city through which the Grand canal runs, has been known for canal-side attractions like Slender West Lake and Sanwan canal scenic area. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)
This aerial photo taken on June 18, 2023 shows a view of Sanjiangyuan area in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. The Sanjiangyuan area, known as China's "water tower," contains the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers. Located at an average altitude of more than 4,700 meters, Sanjiangyuan National Park is the world's highest national park covering a total area of 190,700 sq km and boasts one of the highest concentrations of biodiversity in the world at high altitudes. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
People dressed in Santa Claus costumes celebrate during the 4th Santa Claus National Encounter at Pier Maua in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 18, 2023. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)
An artist paints with chalks during Pasadena Chalk Festival in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, the United States, June 18, 2023. The weekend of June 17-18 marked the 30th Annual Pasadena Chalk Festival. Over 500 artists from all over the world came together to celebrate the unique art form. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)
Members of a Civil War re-enactment troop are seen in front of the Lincoln Memorial during Juneteenth celebrations in Washington, D.C., the United States, on June 19, 2023. Celebrated on June 19, the holiday marks the day in 1865 when Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, emancipating the remaining enslaved people in the state. For enslaved Americans in Texas, freedom came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Front) is seen at a UN high-level conference of heads of counter-terrorism agencies of member states at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 19, 2023. The international community should focus on prevention as the most effective approach to ending the global menace of terrorism, Guterres said on Monday. (Manuel Elías/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)
Models present creations of SHANGHAI TANG Spring/Summer 2024 collection during Milan Men's Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, on June 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Jin Mamengni)■
