BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
Flag and placard bearers parade during the closing ceremony of the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 8, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
The flame extinguishing ceremony is held during the closing ceremony of the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 8, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
This aerial photo taken on Aug. 7, 2023 shows the Jiayu Pass in Jiayuguan City, northwest China's Gansu Province. The Jiayu Pass, a famed part of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), has attracted an increasing number of visitors during the summer tourist season with over 30,000 visitors daily at peak. (Xinhua/Zhang Keren)
This aerial photo taken on Aug. 6, 2023 shows a volcano of the Ulanhada volcano cluster in Qahar Right Wing Rear Banner of Ulanqab, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Ulanhada volcano cluster has special geological landscapes such as volcanoes and lava landform. (Xinhua/Peng Yuan)
This aerial photo taken on Aug. 8, 2023 shows farmers working at fields in Shanlige Village, Zunhua City of north China's Hebei Province. Tuesday marked "Liqiu", or the beginning of autumn, the first day of autumn on the Chinese lunar calendar. Farmers in different areas of the country have been busy with harvesting. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xi)
Staff members in traditional ethnic attire welcome passengers at Libo Railway Station in Libo, southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Aug. 8, 2023. With Train D6171 pulling out of Guiyang North Railway Station in Guiyang, the Guiyang-Libo section of the Guiyang-Nanning High-Speed Railway was officially put into operation on Tuesday. Upon completion, the 482-kilometer Guiyang-Nanning High-Speed Railway will allow trains to run at 350 kilometers per hour on it. The quickest trip between Guiyang and Libo takes less than an hour. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
Sanitation workers conduct disinfection after flood in Zhongyidian Village of Zhuozhou City, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 8, 2023. Zhuozhou is one of the worst-affected areas by heavy rainfall in Hebei. Currently, the city is busy dredging and disinfecting the surrounding environment to prevent possible disease spread as the floods recede. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)
Crew members of train Z180, which was stranded in Beijing due to the heavy rainfall, are greeted by their family members at Urumqi Railway Station in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
The Washington Monument is seen during a thunderstorm in Washington, D.C., the United States, Aug. 7, 2023. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)
City workers go on strike in front the Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles, the United States, on Aug. 8, 2023. More than 11,000 city workers in Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States, are walking off their job on Tuesday for a 24-hour strike. (Xinhua)■
