BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
A visitor shakes hands with a robot at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 15, 2026. The 140th edition of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, opened to visitors in Guangzhou on Thursday. The fair continues to feature a service-robot zone to showcase cutting-edge smart products. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 16, 2026 shows blooming flowers at Xiamen Horticulture Expo Garden in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)A drone photo taken on Oct. 15, 2026 shows farmers operating agricultural machines to harvest beans at a field in Hongsheng Town of Fujin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The autumn harvest in Heilongjiang, a northeastern province known as China's "grain barn," has been in full swing. (Photo by Geng Xiqing/Xinhua)A man is seen at the Indonesia Stock Exchange building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 16, 2026. Indonesia's benchmark stock index tumbled over 11 percent on Friday and the rupiah weakened sharply after global index provider MSCI announced a proposal to reclassify the market from "emerging" to "standalone" status. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)A police officer attends a candlelight vigil calling for an end to gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) in Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct. 15, 2026. The vigil follows widespread national outrage after the discovery of 11 women's bodies across the city of Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, since July. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua)People walk past a street art installation commemorating Louis Daguerre at Place de la Republique in Paris, France, Oct. 16, 2026. A bronze plaque titled "An Unexpected Detail" was unveiled at Place de la Republique in Paris on Thursday. It honors "Boulevard du Temple," an image taken in 1838 by French photography pioneer Louis Daguerre and believed to be the first photograph to show people. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2026 shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a European Union (EU) summit in Brussels, Belgium. EU leaders vowed Friday to continue financial and military support for Ukraine, and reaffirmed their commitment to advancing its EU accession process, as Zelensky joined the second day of the EU summit here. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)People attend the funeral of students killed in a school roof collapse incident in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar on Oct. 15, 2026. The death toll from a school roof collapse in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday has reached 33, with 17 injured people discharged after observation, hospital officials and a rescue service spokesperson confirmed to Xinhua. (Str/Xinhua)■
