BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
This aerial photo taken on Aug. 20, 2023 shows a farmer harvesting scallion at a field in Zunhua City, north China's Hebei Province. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)
Ma Xuanjun talks about the Beipanjiang Bridge and his hometown to tourists in Longjing Village of Liupanshui City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 16, 2023.
Sitting over 565.4 meters above a valley, the Beipanjiang Bridge has been certified as the world's highest bridge by the Guinness World Records.
In recent years, the bridge has turned out to be a popular tourist attraction owing to the stunning scenery around it.
Ma Xuanjun, a farmer living near the Beipanjiang Bridge, turned his newly-built brick house into a rural inn in 2019 and started to receive tourists from afar. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
This aerial photo taken on Aug. 20, 2023 shows tourists playing at a scenic area in Jianshi County of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
A souvenir shop is still open at sunset in the Nalaikh District of Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Aug. 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
This photo taken with a mobile phone shows a burning passenger bus at the site of the accident in Hafizabad district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Aug. 20, 2023. At least 20 people were burnt to death and 15 others injured on Sunday after a passenger bus hit a vehicle and caught fire in Hafizabad district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the rescue and health officials reported. (Str/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Aug. 18, 2023 shows an aircraft getting ready for the relocation of hospital patients from the Yellowknife hospital to Vancouver at the Yellowknife airport in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The Canadian Armed Forces participated in an evacuation operation, helping residents out of Yellowknife as wildfires approached the city. (Canadian Armed Forces/Handout via Xinhua)
People visit a light show at the Gatchina Palace and Estate Museum near St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 19, 2023. The Gatchina Palace and Estate Museum hosted an international light art festival from Aug. 17 to Aug. 19, attracting multimedia professionals from various countries to demonstrate their artworks. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)
Team Spain celebrate during the awarding ceremony of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Aug. 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)
Zhang Weili(L, front) reacts after her victory over Amanda Lemos of Brazil in the strawweight title fight at the UFC 292 in Boston, the United States, Aug. 19, 2023. (Xinhua)
Noah Lyles (3rd L) of the United States competes during the Men's 100m Final of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 in Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)■
