BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
People enjoy a fireworks show in Liuyang City, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)A dragon dance show is staged in Ruhong Village of Chun'an County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 15, 2025. The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, marking the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations. However, in Ruhong Village, people watch opera performance, solve lantern riddles and perform dragon dance to celebrate the festival on the 18th day of the first lunar month. The tradition has been kept and now become a signature tourism attraction. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)A cat is pictured during an international cat show held in Minsk, Belarus, Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)A man holds a mini Canadian flag at a rally on National Flag of Canada Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Feb. 15, 2025. National Flag of Canada Day was observed on Feb. 15 to commemorate the inauguration of Canada's national flag in 1965. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)Starlings are seen above the Negev Desert, near the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva, on Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)A model presents a creation during the "Heritage in Motion" fashion show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Feb. 15, 2025. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)Palestinians welcome released Palestinian prisoners, near the European Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Feb. 15, 2025. The Palestinian militant groups on Saturday released three more Israeli hostages held in Gaza, while Israeli authorities freed 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange. (Photo by Marwan Dawood/Xinhua)Sun Long of China celebrates victory after the men's 500m final A at the ISU Short Track World Tour 2024/2025 in Milan, Italy, Feb. 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)Palestinians are seen living among the rubble of destroyed houses in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)■
