BEIJING, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
This aerial photo taken on Oct. 4, 2023 shows paddy fields in Dongli Village of Jingxi, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Photo by Zhao Jingwu/Xinhua)
A farmer harvests rice at Jianquan Village of Qianxi City in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Photo by Zhou Xunchao/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on Oct. 3, 2023 shows tourists visiting a commercial street in Ningbo City, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Hu Xuejun/Xinhua)
The announcement of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 4, 2023.
Three scientists, Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov, won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday. (Photo by Wei Xuechao/Xinhua)
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (at the podium and on the screen) delivers a keynote speech at the Conservative Party's annual conference in Manchester, Britain, on Oct. 4, 2023. United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed on Wednesday to build a "brighter future" for the country as he scrapped the northern leg of the flagship HS2 rail project and introduced a raft of new measures to shore up support for the ruling Conservative Party as the next general election nears. (Xinhua)
Health-care workers protest outside a Kaiser Permanente medical center in Baldwin Park, California, the United States, on Oct. 4, 2023. Workers at Kaiser Permanente, the United States' largest health-care nonprofit organization, began a strike Wednesday morning that is expected to see more than 75,000 union members walk out of hospitals and medical offices after the company and labor negotiators failed to resolve a dispute over staffing levels. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on Sept. 24, 2023 shows the Sakania dry port in Haut-Katanga province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi on Tuesday inaugurated the Sakania dry port in the DRC, a Chinese-built megaproject and currently the largest of its kind in Central Africa.
Bordering Zambia, the dry port, located in southeastern Haut-Katanga province, is a main border post of the DRC and constitutes an important mining channel. (Jiayou International Logistics Co., Ltd./Handout via Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on Oct. 4, 2023 shows contestants attending Hebei Dachang Road Cycling in Dachang Hui Autonomous County of Langfang, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
Wesley Koolhof (L) of Netherlands and Neal Skupski of Britain compete during the men's doubles final between Wesley Koolhof/Neal Skupski and Austin Krajicek/Ivan Dodig at 2023 China Open tennis tournament in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Players compete during the Men's semifinal of Basketball between China and Philippines at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
Zhou Yaqin of China competes on the balance beam during the Women's Team Final at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Team China compete during the Men's Dragon Boat 200m Grand Final at the 19th Asian Games in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Meng Chenguang)■
