BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
A Long March-5B carrier rocket carrying a group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 13, 2025. This satellite group, the eighth of its kind that will constitute an internet constellation, was launched at 2:43 p.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-5B carrier rocket, featuring a Yuanzheng-2 (Expedition-2) upper stage at the top of the rocket. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)A China-Europe freight train bound for Baku, Azerbaijan, departs from Xi'an International Port Station in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Aug. 13, 2025. The X9043 train, fully loaded with 55 containers of photovoltaic modules, set off from Xi'an to Baku on Wednesday. This departure marked a new milestone as the total number of China-Europe freight trains departing from Xi'an since the launch of the first service in 2013 exceeded 30,000. (Photo by Tang Pumeng/Xinhua)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 12, 2025 shows a night market in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. (Photo by Zhang Ying/Xinhua)This photo taken on Aug. 13, 2025 shows Perseid meteor shower over Tangyuan County of Jiamusi City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The annual Perseid meteor shower peaked on Wednesday. (Photo by Chen Zhiguo/Xinhua)Players of Germany celebrate after winning the Fistball Women's Bronze Medal Match between Austria and Germany at The World Games 2025 in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)Kim Keon-hee (C), wife of former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, is seen at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 12, 2025. The Seoul Central District Court issued a warrant to detain Kim Keon-hee Tuesday night, on charges of violating the capital market act, the political funds act and a law on the acceptance of bribes for mediation, saying that the move aimed to prevent Kim from destroying evidence. Kim was jailed in the Seoul Southern Detention Center in Seoul, where she had been awaiting the court's decision after attending the court hearing on her detention. (NEWSIS/Handout via Xinhua)A man collects water at a drinking water fountain in the Green Park in London, Britain, Aug. 12, 2025. The British Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office on Monday issued an amber heat-health alert (HHA) for five regions of England, effective from Tuesday, as hot weather is expected to grip much of the country this week. (Xinhua/Li Ying)An exhibitor poses with his own 3D-printed face mask for a picture inside a 3D face-scanning machine during the Premier Conference & Exhibition on Computer Graphics & Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH 2025) at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, Canada, Aug. 12, 2025. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)This photo released by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Aug. 13, 2025 shows Israel's military chief Eyal Zamir (C) attending a meeting of security officials. Eyal Zamir on Wednesday approved the main framework of a government plan to expand the offensive in Gaza to areas not yet under Israeli control. (IDF/Handout via Xinhua)■
