BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
Chinese astronauts Tang Hongbo (C), Tang Shengjie (R) and Jiang Xinlin for the upcoming Shenzhou-17 spaceflight mission meet the press at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Oct. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
Bicycle riders are pictured in front of the building of National Data Administration in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 25, 2023.
China inaugurated the National Data Administration on Wednesday to advance the planning and building of a Digital China, the digital economy and a digital society.
The administration is also responsible for fostering the construction of data infrastructure and coordinating the integration, sharing, development and application of data resources, according to a plan on reforming Party and state institutions released by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council in March. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
Li Wenyong (L) and his colleague patrol the Bawangling area of Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 18, 2023.
Li Wenyong is a forest ranger at Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park on the south China island province. He lives in Miao Village of Qingsong Township, which is under the jurisdiction of Baisha Li Autonomous County, and the nearest village to the park's Bawangling area. This is the heart of Hainan gibbon country.
The black-crested apes can only be found in Hainan, and as they rarely set foot on the ground, only in rainforest trees over 10 meters high.
As the world's rarest primate, Hainan gibbons are currently classed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
In addition to patrolling the mountains, Li is also responsible for monitoring the gibbons. Using the sounds and calls made by the forest's Hainan gibbon residents, Li observes the species; scribbling notes and snapping pictures.
Over the past 13 years, Li has amassed a collection of about 100,000 Hainan gibbon pictures.
The protection efforts in recent years are already paying off. Latest official figures show that Hainan's gibbon population has increased to 37, consisting of six families. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)
This aerial photo taken on Oct. 24, 2023 shows baled forage in Qugaqiang Village of Lhunzhub County, Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)
The House Chamber is seen during a roll-call vote for the House speaker in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Oct. 25, 2023. Louisiana Republican Rep. Mike Johnson, vice chairman of the U.S. House Republican conference, was elected the new House speaker in a full chamber vote Wednesday, bringing weeks of chaos to a momentary halt as Republicans struggled to find a replacement after the historical ouster of Kevin McCarthy. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)
Palestinian boys stand in a damaged building after Israeli airstrikes in the Southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct. 25, 2023. The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 6,546, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Wednesday. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Yocheved Lifshitz (R), one of the two released Israeli hostages, speaks to the press at a hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 24, 2023.
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said Monday in a statement that it has released two more hostages for "humanitarian reasons," noting that it was achieved through "Egyptian-Qatari mediation." (Gideon Markowicz/JINI via Xinhua)
Dancers from China's Beijing Dance Theater perform the dance drama "Three Poems" at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)
Hindu devotees participate in a celebration of Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 24, 2023. (Xinhua)
A sacrificial bronze wine vessel of Zun with features indicating craftsmanship of the Ming and Qing dynasties is displayed at a handover ceremony for the repatriation of Chinese cultural objects at the Chinese embassy in Australian capital Canberra, Oct. 25, 2023. The ceremony witnessed five objects back to China. Among them, three are returned by the Australian government. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)
Li Lu of China celebrates after winning the Women's 100m T47 final of Athletics at the 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 25, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Xingyu)■
