BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
This combo photo taken on Oct. 20, shows bronze head sculptures of pig, horse, monkey (L to R, above), tiger (L, below), and ox (R, below), and a print of copperplate etching (C, below) showing the position of these sculptures before being looted from the already destroyed Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan). The five sculptures are displayed on a dedicated exhibition at the Yuanmingyuan Museum in Beijing. They were among 12 animal head sculptures that formed a zodiac water clock previously stood at Yuanmingyuan, and looted by Anglo-French Allied forces during the Second Opium War in 1860. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
A passenger poses for photos with a staff member during the launching of Xiamen Airlines' Beijing-Doha air route at Beijing Daxing International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 20, 2023. China's Xiamen Airlines on Friday launched a direct air route linking Beijing and Qatar's capital Doha, enabling the airline to become the first Chinese carrier operating the China-Qatar route. (Xiamen Airlines/Handout via Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2023 shows a farmer unloading corn to be dried in Dongsheng Village of Zhaodong City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. China's top grain producer Heilongjiang Province is embracing the harvest season of this year while preparing for next year's planting. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)
This aerial photo taken on Oct. 19, 2023 shows the autumn scenery in Zhouqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
Children use candles for lighting in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Oct. 20, 2023. The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) launched a surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, firing thousands of rockets and infiltrating Israeli territory, to which Israel responded with massive airstrikes and punitive measures, including a siege on the enclave with supplies of water, electricity, fuel, and other necessities being cut off. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
U.S. Right-wing Republican Jim Jordan, chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, is seen in the House chamber in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Oct. 20, 2023. U.S. House Republicans on Friday dropped right-wing figure Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, as the party's nominee for House speaker, after he failed to garner enough support from his own party in three rounds of full-chamber voting. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)
Zhang Yufei of China competes during the women's 200m butterfly final at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2023 in Budapest, Hungary, on Oct. 20, 2023. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)
Sydney Opera House is lit up for its 50th birthday in Sydney, Australia, Oct. 20, 2023. (Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua)
An Indian one-horned rhino walks inside the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Morigaon district of India's northeastern state of Assam, Oct. 20, 2023. Pobitora reopened for the tourist season after monsoon floods. (Str/Xinhua)■
