BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
This photo taken on March 23, 2026 shows a view of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) International Conference Center in Boao Town of Qionghai City, south China's Hainan Province. The Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2026 is scheduled to be held in Boao from March 24 to 27. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying the satellite group CentiSpace 02 blasts off from the sea near the city of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, March 22, 2026. A Smart Dragon-3 rocket lifted off on Sunday in east China's Shandong Province, sending the satellite group CentiSpace 02 into the planned orbit. The rocket blasted off at 11:49 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the sea near the city of Haiyang. Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)People have fun along the coastline on Zhaoshu Island of Sansha, south China's Hainan Province, March 20, 2026. Once barren, the Zhaoshu Island has been turned into a green treasure after years-long ecological conservation efforts including afforestation, waste classification and seawater desalination by Sansha City. (Xinhua/Liu Lianfen)This stack composite photo taken on March 23, 2026 shows the aurora observed from Jiayin County, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Due to the influence of geomagnetic activities, many places in Heilongjiang Province witnessed splendid auroras from the night of March 22 to the early morning of March 23. (Photo by Li Shaojun/Xinhua)An aerial drone photo taken on March 23, 2026 shows farmers working in a vegetable base in Tancheng County, Linyi City of east China's Shandong Province. After the Spring Equinox, farmers across Shandong seize the farming season to carry out spring plowing. (Photo by Zhang Chunlei/Xinhua)People in traditional costumes take part in a ceremony to welcome spring in Prague, the Czech Republic, on March 22, 2026. A traditional ceremony was held in Prague on Sunday, during which a straw effigy symbolizing winter and death was burnt and then cast into a river, marking the end of winter and the arrival of spring. This folk custom, passed down since ancient times, has become an important cultural symbol of the region. (Photo by Dana Kesnerova/Xinhua)People take part in a wrestling competition during a Nauryz festival celebration in Ahal Region, Turkmenistan, on March 21, 2026. Nauryz, also known as Nowruz, is one of the most important traditional festivals in Central Asian countries, marking the arrival of spring. (Str/Xinhua)President of the Lao National Assembly (NA) Xaysomphone Phomvihane (front, R) congratulates President Thongloun Sisoulith (front, L) in Vientiane, Laos, March 23, 2026. The first session of the 10th Lao National Assembly elected Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee, as President of Laos on Monday. Sonexay Siphandone, a politburo member of the LPRP's Central Committee, was elected Prime Minister. The session also elected the Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Vice Presidents of the National Assembly. (Lao News Agency/Handout via Xinhua)This photo taken on March 23, 2026 shows the scene of a collision of a plane and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York, the United States. Two pilots were killed and dozens of others injured as an Air Canada Express flight collided with a fire truck when landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Sunday. The plane, carrying 72 passengers and four crew members from Montreal, struck a fire truck from the Port Authority that was responding to a separate incident, said Kathryn Garcia, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)This photo taken on March 23, 2026 shows a destroyed building in a residential area after joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in Tehran, Iran. (Xinhua/Shadati)■
