BEIJING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
A man demonstrates a skiing simulation device at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 6, 2020. The 2020 CIFTIS is the first major international economic and trade event held both online and offline by China since the COVID-19 outbreak. A total of 18,000 enterprises and institutions from 148 countries and regions and about 100,000 people have registered for the fair. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
A woman interacts with a service robot during the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 6, 2020. The CIFTIS runs on Sept. 4-9 in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
A service robot makes a cup of coffee during the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 6, 2020. The CIFTIS runs on Sept. 4-9 in Beijing. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
Picture shows the new emblems for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. The updated emblem for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games was released on Sept. 6, 2020 to match the new Paralympic symbol that was refreshed in October 2019.
After consultation with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Beijing 2022 redrew and recolored its Paralympics emblem “Flying High” to keep in line with the new Paralympic symbol “Agitos”, and the words “PARALYMPIC GAMES” were removed from the original design. (Beijing 2022 organizing committee/Handout via Xinhua)
People attend a music performance at Shanghai Concert Hall in east China’s Shanghai on Sept. 6, 2020. The concert hall reopened to the public on Sunday after a year and a half of repairs. The hall, built in 1930, is a renowned cultural landmark in Shanghai. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)
A bride poses with her bridesmaids during the Icilanga Mulilo ceremony in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, Sept. 5, 2020. Icilanga Mulilo, traditionally practised by Bemba speaking people of Zambia, is a ceremony prior to a wedding where the groom is introduced to foods prepared by the bride’s family. (Photo by Martin Mbangweta/Xinhua)
Students sit in a classroom on the first day of the new school year at the Al-Amari refugee camp in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sept. 6, 2020. Palestinian students from the West Bank on Sunday began the new school year after six-month suspension due to the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)
People look at fireworks during a ceremony to mark the Defense Day in Rawalpindi of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province on Sept. 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
An art installation by Luke Jerram is displayed during the White Night in Riga, Latvia, Sept. 5, 2020. White Night, a modern urban culture forum aiming at changing the public perception of environment and cultural life, was held here. (Photo by Edijs Palens/Xinhua)
Members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) perform on a balcony of the Breton Building at Wembley Park in London, Britain, Sept. 5, 2020. Musicians from the RPO on Saturday surprised members of the public with the RPO’s first live performance since lockdown began in March, playing in the open air to enable social distancing. (Photo by Ray Tang/Xinhua)
A young man dives at the corniche of Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 6, 2020. Lebanon’s number of COVID-19 infections increased on Sunday by 415 cases to 20,426 while death toll went up by four to 191, the Health Ministry reported. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
Aerial photo taken on Sept. 6, 2020 shows the Huangguoshu Waterfall in Anshun City of southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Photo by Chen Xi/Xinhua)
Li Dewang patrols the Xuliukou ection of Great Wall at Xuliukou Village in Qian’an City, north China’s Hebei Province, Sept. 4, 2020.
Li Dewang, 63, is a villager of Xuliukou, where lies a section of China’s Great Wall dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
Since 2008, the 63-year-old has been a protector of the Great Wall and is in charge of protecting a section that is nearly three kilometers long.
Over the past 12 years, he patrolled the Great Wall almost every day while clearing rubbish and weeds, and reminding tourists and herdsmen to preserve the wall.
Once finding any problems such as damages due to rainstorm on the Great Wall, he would record them and report to the local cultural relics protection authorities.
This summer, he discovered a stele that could trace back to the Ming Dynasty, which was later proved to be the best preserved and the oldest Great Wall inscription ever found along the section of the Qian’an Great Wall. Li feels pretty proud of his finding.
Despite his old age, Li is delighted to do patrolling work on the Great Wall. For him, it’s a meaningful thing in his life. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)