BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
A drone photo taken on Oct. 19, 2026 shows a view of Shidao New Port in Rongcheng City, east China's Shandong Province. China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.5 percent year on year in the third quarter (Q3) of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday. The country's economy expanded 4.6 percent year on year in the first three quarters. The world's second-largest economy generated about 107.11 trillion yuan (about 15.94 trillion U.S. dollars) in output during the January-September period, according to the NBS. (Photo by Li Xinjun/Xinhua)Overseas buyers watch a robot boxing performance during the 140th Canton Fair in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 18, 2026. The on-site exhibition of the first phase of the 140th edition of the China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, concluded here on Monday. As of October 19, the fair has attracted 189,000 overseas buyers from 214 countries and regions, a 13.3 percent increase from the session of the same period last year and a new high, according to the China Foreign Trade Centre (CFTC), the organizer of the fair. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2026 shows coral pictured through the porthole of the manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong. China's research vessel Deep Sea No. 1, carrying manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong, is currently on the western Pacific Ocean for deep-sea scientific research. Jiaolong successfully completed its 470th dive on Oct. 15. A Xinhua reporter aboard Jiaolong photographed the exploration of the mysterious underwater world. (Xinhua/Li Xin)An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 18, 2026 shows farmers sorting apples at a warehouse of a cooperative in Yongkang Town of Shapotou District, Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Spreading along the edge of the Tengger Desert and the Yellow River, Shapotou District of Zhongwei City has ushered in a bumper harvest season for its drought-enduring apples recently. Apple plantation now covers 80,200 mu (about 5346.67 hectares) in the district, with an estimated yield of 144,000 tonnes at a worth of over 1 billion yuan (about 150 million U.S. dollars) this season. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)A drone photo taken on Oct. 16, 2026 shows an agricultural machine operating at a paddy field of a farm under the Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. While pressing ahead with the autumn harvest recently, the Beidahuang Group has mobilized farm machines to prepare the arable lands across the Heilongjiang Reclamation Area for next year's crop planting. (Photo by Xu Hongyu/Xinhua)Protesters gather in front of an entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, Oct. 19, 2026. In Paris, the entrance to the Louvre Museum was blocked by student protesters on Monday morning, French daily Le Parisien reported, citing the museum's management and two trade unions. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)Felix Lebrun of France celebrates after winning the men's singles final of the European Table Tennis Championships against Anton Kallberg of Sweden at Stozice Sports Hall in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Oct. 18, 2026. (Photo by Zeljko Stevanic/Xinhua)■
