BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
An aerial drone photo shows rescuers sealing the dike breach in the Dongting Lake in Yueyang, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. Rescue personnel successfully sealed a 226-meter breach in a dike at China's second-largest freshwater lake at 10:31 p.m. Monday, according to local authorities. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)In this aerial drone photo, rescuers work on an embankment to stem the piping effect in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. An embankment seen as the second line of defense following a dike breach in central China's Hunan Province was under threat on Monday, local authorities said. More than 300 police officers and firefighters are working at the site to stem the piping effect that is eroding the embankment in Huarong County, said the province's water resources department. The 14.3-km embankment is located around 2 kilometers behind the dike that burst on Friday at Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, following a heavy rainstorm. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo) An aerial drone photo taken on July 7, 2024 shows tourists walking on a bridge in Hongcun Village of Yixian County, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Du Yu)Tourists visit the scenic spot of Dazu Rock Carvings in southwest China's Chongqing, July 7, 2024. The Dazu Rock Carvings site was inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999. The finest example of Chinese grotto art, the Dazu Rock Carvings site is of profound historical significance, embodying the vigorous vitality of Chinese culture. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)This photo shows a buoy to the north of the illegally grounded Philippine military vessel in the waters of China's Ren'ai Jiao. The Philippine military vessel that has been illegally grounded at the lagoon slope of Ren'ai Jiao since 1999 has gravely damaged the diversity, stability and sustainability of the coral reef ecosystem in the area, said a report released Monday. A Survey Report on the Damage to Coral Reef Ecosystem by Illegally Grounded Military Vessel at Ren'ai Jiao is based on a scientific survey conducted on the coral reef ecosystem at Ren'ai Jiao and its adjacent sea areas in April this year by the South China Sea Ecological Center and the South China Sea Development Research Institute of China's Ministry of Natural Resources together with other institutes. (South China Sea Ecological Center and the South China Sea Development Research Institute of China's Ministry of Natural Resources/Handout via Xinhua)This file photo shows French President Emmanuel Macron (1st R) greeting French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in Paris, France, March 20, 2024. Macron rejected Prime Minister Gabriel Attal's resignation Monday after his party failed to secure a majority in the snap legislative elections, French news channel BFMTV reported. (Photo by Henri Szwarc/Xinhua)Performers dressed as "Alice Through the Looking Glass" characters play on a giant chess board during the ChessFest at the Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, July 7, 2024. ChessFest, an annual open-air chess festival in Britain, took place in London on Sunday. (Xinhua/Li Ying)Torchbearers Rodolphe Delord (R), general director of Beauval Zoo and French navigator Maud Fontenoy pose for photos with twin giant pandas Huan Lili and Yuan Dudu behind them during the relay of the Olympic flame of Paris 2024 at Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan, central France, July 8, 2024. (Zoo Parc de Beauval/Handout via Xinhua)■
