BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
This photo taken on Aug. 13, 2025 shows the scene of an exhibition featuring classic works of 10 contemporary Russian art masters at Hainan Museum in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)Deng Lijuan (L) of China celebrates after winning the Sport Climbing Women's Speed Single Finals Gold Medal Final against Qin Yumei of China at The World Games 2025 in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)Journalists work in front of the sign of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, the United States, Aug. 14, 2025. The one-on-one meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled for Friday in Anchorage. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, Aug. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Ying)This photo taken on Aug. 14, 2025 shows a view of the E1 area, a stretch of land east of Jerusalem between the city and the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim. Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Wednesday he has approved the construction of 3,401 housing units for settlers in a particularly controversial area of the occupied West Bank. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)Pakistani soldiers attend a ceremony at the mausoleum of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah to mark the country's Independence Day in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Aug. 14, 2025. (Str/Xinhua)Artists perform on the opening day of the Letni Letna festival, an international festival of contemporary circus and theater, in Prague, the Czech Republic, Aug. 13, 2025. (Photo by Dana Kesnerova/Xinhua)A woman views the life-size bears of "United Buddy Bears" exhibition at the Singapore's Gardens by the Bay on Aug. 14, 2025. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)People cool off with a mist cooling system amid a heatwave in Vienna, Austria, Aug. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/He Canling)■