BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
An aerial drone photo shows a high-speed train passing by flowering canola fields in Huachu Town, Puding County, Anshun City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 22, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)Staff members of the Luogu River hydrological station conduct a monitoring operation in Mohe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 21, 2025. Established in 1987 and located in Mohe, the Luogu River hydrological station is China's northernmost hydrological station. The Ergun River from China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Shilka River from Russia merge here into the Heilongjiang River, the boundary river between China and Russia. The staff members here brave the coldness to collect hydrological data, ensuring the water safety of the river. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)Armand Duplantis of Sweden reacts after clearing 6.15m during the men's pole vault final at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 22, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)People lay flowers to the monument for victims of the terrorist attack near the Crocus City Hall in suburban Moscow, Russia, on March 22, 2025. On March 22, 2024, a terrorist attack at Moscow's Crocus City Hall concert venue, followed by a massive fire, resulted in at least 144 deaths and 551 injuries, according to official statistics. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)This photo taken on March 22, 2025 shows a wildfire in North Gyeongsang province, South Korea. The South Korean government declared a state of disaster on Saturday over wildfires that broke out in the country's southeastern areas including Ulsan city, North Gyeongsang province and South Gyeongsang province, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said. (NEWSIS via Xinhua)People look at deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe (Striver) aboard Tansuo-1 research vessel during a Concluding Open Day of a joint China-New Zealand dive expedition in Wellington, New Zealand, March 21, 2025. Chinese and New Zealand scientists have successfully concluded a groundbreaking collaborative dive expedition to the Puysegur Trench, supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Global Trench Exploration and Diving program (Global TREnD). (Xinhua/Long Lei)This photo taken on March 22, 2025 shows the lightning over the skyline of Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)■