BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
A creative fireworks show is staged in Liuyang, central China's Hunan Province, July 12, 2025. Liuyang, a small city known as China's "fireworks capital," has organized 26 creative fireworks events in the first half of 2025. These events have attracted over 1.5 million tourists, stimulating consumer spending of nearly four billion yuan (about 558 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)A dance instructor demonstrates a move to children attending a summer class in Kaiyang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 13, 2025. (Photo by Yuan Fuhong/Xinhua)Staff members work on the final section of the 750-kilovolt (kV) loop in Minfeng County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 13, 2025. China has finished construction of a 4,197-km extra-high voltage power transmission loop around the Tarim Basin, home to the country's largest desert, marking a major infrastructure milestone in southern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China. The final section of the 750-kilovolt (kV) loop, now the country's largest of its kind, was connected on Sunday, capping a 15-year project involving nine substations and nearly 10,000 steel towers, according to a subsidiary of State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power Co., Ltd., which constructed the project. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)People are seen at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Art Block in north China's Tianjin, July 13, 2025. The art block, which opened to the public recently, was built with the support of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. It is Tianjin's first urban renewal program which combines four distinct functions in one: urban block, community, scenic area, as well as campus. (Xinhua/Li Ran)An aerial drone photo taken on early July 13, 2025 shows a view of the Hongshankou Great Wall in Zunhua City, north China's Hebei Province. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)A girl with a dolphin pattern painted on her face attends a Fisherman's Day celebration in Vladivostok, Russia, July 13, 2025. The Fisherman's Day is observed across Russia on the second Sunday of July. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)Dressed-up dogs are seen during a dog fashion show in Vancouver, Canada, July 12, 2025. An outdoor pet festival kicked off here on Saturday, featuring a dog fashion show. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)People look at a modified vehicle during the 2025 ImportFest in Toronto, Canada, on July 12, 2025. Showcasing hundreds of modified vehicles from across Canada and the United States, the annual one-day event was held here on Saturday. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)Wooden crosses are erected on the bank of the Guadalupe River to honor the victims of a deadly flood in Kerrville, Texas, the United States, on July 12, 2025. (Photo by Nick Wagner/Xinhua)Jessica Pilz of Austria competes during the women's Lead Qualification of sport climbing at the 2025 IFSC Climbing World Cup Speed-Lead in Charmonix, France, July 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)■
