BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
The SQX-1 commercial carrier rocket carrying the Di'er-1 satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Dec. 17, 2023. The rocket blasted off at 3 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, sending the Di'er-1 satellite into the planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
An employee of power supply company clears snow in Benxi, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 15, 2023. Countermeasures have been taken to prevent or alleviate impacts inflicted by extensive snowfall and other freezing conditions. (Xinhua)
China Southern Airlines CZ2281 flight receives a water salute after landing at the Langzhong Gucheng Airport in Nanchong, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 17, 2023. The airport was put to official operation on Sunday. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
This photo taken on Dec. 16, 2023 shows the opening ceremony of the 5th Hainan Island International Film Festival in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. The festival runs from Dec. 16 to 22. (Xinhua/Fan Yuqing)
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic casts his ballot at a polling station in Belgrade, Serbia, on Dec. 17, 2023.
Polling stations are open as Serbia conducts extraordinary elections on Sunday, with citizens voting at parliamentary and local levels to decide state leadership for the next four years.
Polling stations, numbering 8,273 both within Serbia and abroad, opened early in the morning. A total of 18 political parties or coalitions are vying for 250 seats in the national parliament. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)
Passengers pose for photos with a model of a high-speed electrical multiple unit (EMU) train of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway at Halim Station in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 17, 2023. According to PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC), a joint venture consortium between Indonesian and Chinese state-owned firms that constructs and runs the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (HSR), the HSR has delivered more than 700,000 passengers since it was officially put into commercial operation on Oct. 17. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)
Kenyan President William Ruto (R, Front) attends a ceremony to launch construction of the Riruta-Ngong Commuter Rail line in Kajiado County, Kenya, on Dec. 15, 2023. Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday launched construction of the Riruta-Ngong Commuter Rail line that aims to ease traffic congestion in the capital city of Nairobi. Ruto said that the 12.5-km meter gauge railway line, to be constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) Kenya, will connect to an existing railway line in the residential suburb of Riruta in Nairobi County and extend to Ngong town in Kajiado County. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
The new golden rooster containing relics saved from the April 15, 2019 cathedral fire is lifted by crane to be installed atop the spire of Notre Dame cathedral as part of its reconstruction, in Paris, France, Dec. 16, 2023. (Photo by Rit Heize/Xinhua)
People look at dragon kites at Parangkusumo beach in Bantul district, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on Dec. 17, 2023. A dragon kite community in Yogyakarta flew 25 dragon kites on Sunday to attract tourists to visit the Parangkusumo beach for the upcoming Christmas and New Year holiday. (Photo by Agung Supriyanto/Xinhua)■
