BEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
Fireworks celebrating the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China illuminate the sky over Ganjiang River in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 2, 2025 shows tourists visiting the square of the Flood Control Monument in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. With China's Mid-Autumn Festival falling alongside National Day this year, people spend their leisure time through various ways during the eight-day holiday. (Photo by Chen Nan/Xinhua)Staff members of a power company patrol along a 750-kilovolt (kV) power transmission line in Hejing County of Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 2, 2025. Workers from all walks of life have been standing fast at their posts and fulfilling their duties with full dedication during the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. (Photo by Zhang Limin/Xinhua)Sun Yingsha of China hits a return during the women's singles round of 16 match against Wang Xiaotong of China at 2025 World Table Tennis (WTT) China Smash in Beijing, China, Oct. 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)A woman walks on a street in New York, the United States, Oct. 1, 2025. The U.S. federal government entered a shutdown at the start of Wednesday as partisan divisions prevented Congress from passing a funding bill, which marks the first government shutdown in nearly seven years. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)Protesters gather for a demonstration in front of the Milan Cathedral in Milan, Italy, Oct. 1, 2025. (Str/Xinhua)A police officer is pictured on the scene at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester, Britain, Oct. 2, 2025. Police confirmed Thursday afternoon that the attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Middleton Road in Crumpsall, Manchester, has been declared a terrorist incident. (Xinhua)A model presents a creation of Lisu ethnic clothing from Yanbian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province as part of the "Sichuan Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Hundred Cites, A Hundred Crafts" cultural event during the 3rd Sino-French fashion and culture festival at the Chinese culture center in Paris, France, Oct. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)A breeder leads a horse at an Arabian horse beauty contest during the Sharqia Arabian Horses Festival in Sharqia province, Egypt, Oct. 2, 2025. The three-day horse festival started on Wednesday here with the participation of around 167 Arabian horses. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)■