BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
This photo taken on Nov. 19, 2023 shows a test train passing through Tianfu Station of the Chengdu-Yibin high-speed railway in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Chengdu-Yibin high-speed railway connects cities of Chengdu, Ziyang, Neijiang, Zigong and Yibin in Sichuan. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)
This aerial photo taken on Nov. 17, 2023 shows kids and their guardians playing at a children's park near Shenzhen North Railway Station in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. Shenzhen launched China's first guidelines for building a child-friendly city eight years ago. Since then the city has been rolling out a spate of measures spearheading the construction towards this aim.
Statistics shows that by October of 2023, 452 city-level child-friendly bases and over 1,260 children's parks of various categories have been set up to gradually improve children's activity space and educational facilities in Shenzhen. In the meantime, 580 children's deliberation organizations, 761 children's homes at different communities and more than 1, 270 nurseries have emerged to enrich children's life and bring convenience for children's travelling.
The word "child-friendly" in Shenzhen has been successfully transferred from a mere concept to the whole city's consensus and collective action. Shenzhen will keep piloting and striving to achieve its goal of building a child-friendly city with its own characteristics. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Local residents of Hani ethnic group attend a parade during a cultural tourism festival in Luchun County of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 19, 2023. The long street banquet, a time-honoured tradition of Hani ethnic group in China, was held here during a cultural tourism festival on Sunday. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Palestinian people are seen on their way from Gaza City toward south, in southern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 18, 2023.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Saturday that it has expanded the offensive against Hamas in the Palestinian coastal enclave of Gaza Strip.
The IDF said that the attacks were carried out in the Zeitoun district in southern Gaza City and the city of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip to hit Hamas and its infrastructures.
In Gaza, people continued to flee southwards. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
An actor dressed in Santa Claus costume poses for photos with children during the Great Dickens Christmas Fair in San Francisco, the United States, Nov. 18, 2023. The Great Dickens Christmas Fair, which was first held in 1970, opened in San Francisco on Saturday. The fair is aimed at attracting people to enjoy the culture of the Victorian era by recalling the characters and scenes in the works of British novelist Charles Dickens. (Photo by Liu Yilin/Xinhua)
A devotee worships the setting Sun during the Chhath festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Nov. 19, 2023. The Chhath festival is dedicated to the Sun with devotees making offerings to the setting and rising Sun. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Nov. 20, 2023 shows Novak Djokovic kisses the trophy. Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat Jannik Sinner of Italy 2-0 to win the singles final of the ATP year-end finals in Turin, Italy, Nov. 20, 2023. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)
