BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
Chinese astronauts Zhang Lu (C), Wu Fei (R) and Zhang Hongzhang for the upcoming Shenzhou-21 spaceflight mission, meet the press in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Oct. 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Minggang)A visitor learns about security devices at the 20th China International Social and Public Safety Expo in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 28, 2025. The 20th China International Social and Public Safety Expo kicked off here on Tuesday. This four-day expo has attracted 1,100 enterprises from home and abroad, showcasing over 20,000 new technologies and products across an exhibition area of 110,000 square meters. (Xinhua/Wang Feng)This photo taken on Oct. 30, 2025 shows Boying T1400 Tandem Rotor Unmanned Helicopter of United Aircraft in flight in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The helicopter successfully completed its maiden flight here on Thursday. It has a maximum takeoff weight of 1,400 kilograms, an endurance of up to eight hours, a service ceiling of 6,500 meters, and a maximum horizontal flight speed of 180 kilometers per hour. Featuring a twin-engine design and high-strength composite structure, the T1400 offers a large payload capacity and spacious layout. With its intelligent operation capabilities, it shows broad application potential in agricultural protection, logistics transportation, and forest fire prevention. (Photo by Liu Yang/Xinhua)An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 30, 2025 shows crab farmers harvesting hairy crabs at Heba Town in Datonghu District of Yiyang City, central China's Hunan Province. Datong Lake in Yiyang has entered the hairy crab harvesting season. Local aquaculture companies and crab farmers are busy harvesting hairy crabs and distributing them to various markets. (Xinhua/Chen Zhenhai)An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows a view of the Heicheng ruins in Ejina Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Heicheng ruins, built in the ninth century, was the largest and best preserved ancient city on the Silk Road. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)Foreign tourists visit the ancient street in Yangloudong of Chibi City, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 29, 2025. Yangloudong has long been renowned as the hometown of brick tea and is one of the starting points of an ancient tea road. In recent years, the area has built a new tourism model to attract tourists by creating intangible cultural heritage themed blocks and introducing diversified business formats such as Hanfu-renting and photograph. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)Contestants sample Chinese dishes during the 2025 Africa Championship of Chinese Cuisine held in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 30, 2025. The 2025 Africa Championship of Chinese Cuisine, the first of its kind on the continent, was held Thursday in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, highlighting the deepening cultural exchanges between China and Kenya. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)Palestinians mourn over victims killed during Israeli airstrikes, at al-Shifa hospital in west of Gaza City, Oct. 29, 2025. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)Palestinians inspect destroyed houses after Israeli airstrikes, in west of Gaza City, Oct. 29, 2025. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)This photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows the digital countdown timer of Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Games. A ceremony marking 100 days to the opening of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games was held at Palazzo Lombardia in Milan, where organizers unveiled the official podiums for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and introduced 12 "digital torchbearers", symbolizing the start of the final stage of preparations for the event. (Xinhua/Li Jing)■
