BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
This aerial photo taken on Aug. 1, 2023 shows fishing boats taking shelter from the approaching Typhoon Khanun at Shenjiamen port in Putuo District of Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province. The summer fishing ban, which was scheduled to end at noon of Aug.1, is extended as a precaution against Typhoon Khanun. (Photo by Chen Yongjian/Xinhua)
Railway workers remove fallen trees from railway tracks in Shuiyuzui Village in flood-hit Mentougou District, Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 1, 2023. Several districts in the city, including the hardest-hit Fangshan and Mentougou, maintained the highest-level alert for flood control on Tuesday, as downpours will continue, the city's flood control authorities said. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
This aerial photo taken on July 20, 2023 shows a train operating on the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway in the urban area of north China's Tianjin. The Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway celebrated its 15th anniversary of opening Tuesday. As the first high-speed railway (HSR) with a design speed of 350 km per hour in China, the Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway carried a total of 340 million passengers since it entered operation. By 2022, China had 42,000 km of operational HSR, ranking first in the world, and the length of high-speed rail regularly operating at 350 km per hour neared 3,200 km as of June 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Xia Yuyu of China celebrates after the Athletics Women's 10000m Final at the 31st FISU summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, August 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
Song Jiayuan of China competes during the Athletics Women's Shot Put Final match at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)
Li Shuangfei (front) of China competes during the women's basketball quarter-final match between China and Brazil at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
Zhang Kai (R) of China celebrates with his coach after winning the taekwondo men's -80kg final at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Megan Marie Van Berkom of the United States competes during the Women's 400m Individual Medley Final of swimming at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)
China's Wang Shuang prepares for a penalty-kick during the Group D match between China and England at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Adelaide, Australia, Aug. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)
A full moon rises over the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, near Athens, Greece, on Aug. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)
This photo taken on Aug. 1, 2023 shows a building damaged in a drone attack in Moscow, Russia. Ukraine launched an attack on Moscow and the Moscow region with three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with two of them shot down and the third having crashed after being jammed by electronic warfare, said Russian authorities on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Bai Xueqi)■
