BEIJING, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
This photo taken on Sept. 17, 2025 shows the world premiere of the film "Evil Unbound" in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. "Evil Unbound," a film about Unit 731, held its world premiere on Wednesday in Harbin, where this notorious Japanese germ warfare unit was once based, highlighting the atrocities committed by Japanese invading forces in China in World War II. The movie tells the story of Wang Yongzhang, a local vendor, and others imprisoned in the "special prison" of Unit 731, where they were lured by false promises of freedom in return for cooperating with supposed health checks and disease prevention research, only to become victims of horrific medical experiments, including frostbite tests, gas exposure and vivisection. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)AI-powered firefighting devices are seen at Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 17, 2025. The 22nd China-ASEAN Expo and the China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit kicked off here on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)This photo shows the production line of YADEA at the electric scooter industrial park in Xishan District, Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 16, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Jiaqi)A guest watches digital content on Dunhuang research with a VR device during an exhibition of the 2025 World Internet Conference Cultural Heritage Digitalization Forum in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 17, 2025. The forum opened on Wednesday in Xi'an, home to the world-famous Terracotta Warriors. The event attracted approximately 800 participants from over 50 countries and regions, as well as nine international organizations such as UNESCO, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Council on Monuments and Sites, and International Council of Museums. The forum focuses on topics of preservation and inheritance, technology and innovation, industry and empowerment, and openness and collaborative governance. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)Students exchange playing skills during a break of playing Zhanian, a traditional Tibetan stringed instrument, at Lhasa Experimental Primary School in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2025. Zhanian, a stringed instrument, is widely used in singing performance in Xizang. In the Tibetan language, Zhanian is a word meaning melodious sound. Its making has a long history and the making technique was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2014. Nowadays, many primary and secondary school students in Lhasa learn to play the traditional Tibetan musical instrument from an early age and have Zhanian classes. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)A panoramic aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 16, 2025 shows a view of the Ergune Wetland Nature Reserve in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Bei He)Tourists take wedding photos by Nam Co, the world's highest saltwater lake, in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 16, 2025. Nam Co, located in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, with a lake-surface elevation of 4,718 meters, is the second largest lake in the region. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)The "Hangang Bus" makes its trial voyage on the Han River in Seoul, South Korea, Sept. 17, 2025. According to the Seoul metropolitan government, the "Hangang Bus" will officially begin operation on Sept. 18. (Xinhua)Dutch Princess Ariane waves to people in the Glass Coach on Prinsjesdag, or Prince's Day, in The Hague, the Netherlands, Sept. 16, 2025. The third Tuesday of September is the Prince's Day in the Netherlands, which marks the opening of the Dutch parliamentary season, and on this day the reigning monarch outlines the government's plans for the year ahead. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)Sun Fangxin (Top R) of Shanghai University of Sport heads the ball during the match between Shanghai University of Sport (CHN) and University of Valencia (ESP) at 2025 FISU University World Cup Football held in Suoyuwan Stadium in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Sept. 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)■
