BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
People perform firecracker dragon dance during Firecracker Dragon Festival in Binyang County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 20, 2024. Firecracker Dragon Festival that can be dated back to more than 10 centuries ago is a traditional carnival celebrating Spring Festival in Binyang, when locals perform the firecracker dragon dance with a bamboo dragon. Unlike most dragon dances performed elsewhere, the audiences usually throw lit firecrackers toward the bamboo dragon during the dance with the wish to drive away evil spirits and pray for peace and prosperity for the new year. The event was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)A worker inspects the equipment in an intelligent workshop of a fastener-producing company in Yongnian District of Handan, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)A drone photo taken on Feb. 21, 2024 shows the snow-covered Badaling Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China. (Photo by Liu Yu/Xinhua)A supporter of Julian Assange is seen outside the United Kingdom (UK) High Court in London, Britain, on Feb. 20, 2024. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange began his final legal challenge in the UK on Tuesday against his extradition to the United States on espionage charges. (Xinhua)This photo taken on Feb. 21, 2024 shows the residential building targeted by an Israeli missile attack in the Kafar Sousah neighborhood, Damascus, Syria. Two people were killed in an Israeli missile strike on a residential building in an upscale neighborhood here on Wednesday morning, the Syrian Defense Ministry said in a statement. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)A road is flooded near the Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, the United States, Feb. 20, 2024. A powerful storm continues to slam the U.S. West Coast on Tuesday with heavy rain, snow and wind, as flood watch remains in effect across California. (Xinhua)Models present creations of Fendi women's Fall/Winter 2024/2025 collections during Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Feb. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jing)Kong Fanyu of Heilongjiang competes during the freestyle skiing women's aerials competition at the 14th National Winter Games in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)■
