BEIJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
Foreign passengers check in at Guiyang North Railway Station in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 3, 2026. China is likely to see 90.5 million railway passenger trips from Friday to next Tuesday during the upcoming Qingming Festival holiday travel rush, according to the national railway operator. Expecting an average of 18.1 million trips daily during the five-day travel rush, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. forecasted a travel peak on Saturday with a single-day total of 21.2 million trips. (Photo by Long Jianrui/Xinhua)This photo taken on April 2, 2026 shows a view of the shield tunneling machine "Linghang" at the construction site of the Chongming-Taicang Yangtze River tunnel under China's Yangtze River. China's domestically developed high-speed-rail shield tunneling machine "Linghang" has successfully completed the construction of the 11.18-kilometer underwater section of the Chongming-Taicang Yangtze River tunnel. The tunnel linking Shanghai's Chongming District and Taicang City in east China's Jiangsu Province runs 14.25 km in total. Once operational, it will allow high-speed trains to pass beneath the Yangtze without reducing speed. (Xinhua/Chen Haoming)A drone photo taken on April 3, 2026 shows a construction site of the Chongqing-Wanzhou high-speed railway during its track-laying phase in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The construction of the Chongqing-Wanzhou high-speed railway entered the track-laying phase on Friday. With a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour, the high-speed railway stretches 251 kilometers from Chongqing East Railway Station to Wanzhou North Railway Station. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)Students sketch in a cole flower field in Zhanbei Town of Xiangcheng County, Xuchang City, central China's Henan Province, April 3, 2026. (Photo by Niu Shupei/Xinhua)French rider Valentin Debise (R) and Italian rider Federico Caricasulo (L) pose with Zhang Xue (C), brand founder and owner of Chinese motorcycle manufacturer ZXMOTO, at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Australia, Feb. 20, 2026. (Xinhua)This photo taken on April 3, 2026 shows the damaged B1 bridge after U.S.-Israeli attacks in Karaj, Iran. The B1 bridge, located in the provincial capital Karaj, is one of the highest bridges in the Middle East and among the most complicated projects in Iran. It was targeted twice in U.S.-Israeli attacks on Thursday, leaving 13 dead and 95 wounded, the official news agency IRNA reported Friday. (Xinhua)People buy bread at a bakery in Ankara, Türkiye, on April 2, 2026. Bread, a daily staple for millions of Turks, has grown more expensive, underscoring how regional instability and surging energy costs are squeezing household budgets across the country. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua)A woman visits a spring flower exhibition at the Volcji Potok Arboretum near Kamnik, Slovenia, April 3, 2026. (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)Visitors take an amusement ride during the Rand Show 2026 in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 2, 2026. The Rand Show, an annual entertainment and shopping extravaganza in South Africa, is held from April 2 to 6 at the Johannesburg Expo Center. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua)■
