BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
Balloons float upwards during a grand gathering to celebrate Xizang Autonomous Region's 60th founding anniversary in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 21, 2025. Around 20,000 local officials and people from all ethnic groups and all walks of life joined in the celebration. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)This aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025 shows a load testing on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Engineers on Thursday launched a load testing on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, which is set to become the world's tallest bridge. The suspension bridge has a vertical height of 625 meters from the bridge deck down to the river surface. The 2,890-meter bridge, with a span of 1,420 meters, is also the world's largest span bridge to be built in a mountainous area. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)A drone photo shows fish catches being unloaded and traded at a fishing port in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)This photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025 shows the planets of Venus and Jupiter next to a crescent moon in the sky over Fujin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Qu Yubao/Xinhua)Yao Ming (top R) and Stephen Curry (top C) react with children during the NBA star Stephen Curry's Asia tour in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Aug. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)An artifact is recovered from the Mediterranean Sea at Abu Qir Bay in Alexandria, Egypt, on Aug. 21, 2025. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Thursday successfully retrieved three massive artifacts from the Mediterranean Sea off Abu Qir Bay in Alexandria governorate. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)Palestinians participate in a protest demanding an end to the ongoing conflict with Israel and calling for international protection for civilians in Gaza City, on Aug. 21, 2025. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)■
