BEIJING, Nov. 8, 2019 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 6, 2019 shows the scenery of Wulian Mountain and Jiuxian Mountain national geopark in Wulian County in Rizhao, east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)
Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2019 shows wooden crosses at the 91st Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain. The Field of Remembrance has been held in the Abbey's grounds since 1928. This year, hundreds of small crosses bearing poppy petals have been planted in the Field of Remembrance to pay tribute to British servicemen and women who have lost their lives in conflicts. (Photo by Ray Tang/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 6, 2019 shows livestock foraging at the Potatso National Park in Shangri-La in the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
China's former short-track speed-skater Yang Yang speaks after being elected as the vice president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Katowice, Poland, Nov. 7, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhou Nan)
Wang Yansong checks newly-made oilcloth umbrellas at Guomin Oilcloth Umbrella Plant in Jingxian County, east China's Anhui Province, Nov. 7, 2019. The umbrella, made of oiled cloth and bamboo frame, is a traditional Chinese handicraft.
The oilcloth umbrella-making craftsmanship with 12 procedures is a provincial-level intangible cultural heritage. It takes a week to make the umbrella.
The annual output of Guomin Oilcloth Umbrella Plant in Gufeng Village of Jingxian County is about 100,000. Its products also go global as the umbrellas are sold to Germany, Japan, South Korea, etc. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)
Manchester City's Bernardo Silva (C) vies with Atalanta's Alejandro Gomez (L) and Remo Freuler during the UEFA Champions League Group C football match between Atalanta and Manchester City in Milan, Italy, Nov. 6, 2019. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)
China's polar icebreakers Xuelong (R), or Snow Dragon , and Xuelong 2 are seen docked at the port of Hobart, Australia, Nov. 7, 2019. China's polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, docked at the port of Hobart on Nov. 4.
Both Xuelong and Xuelong 2 joined the country's 36th Antarctic expedition, marking the first time for two polar icebreakers to work together on China's Antarctic expedition.
After their first encounter in Hobart, the two icebreakers will meet again at the Zhongshan Station. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping)
Artist Poul Pava (R) poses for photos with his drawings together with Peter Maae Jensend of Danish design house Aida during the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 7, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)
People work at the construction site of Xiongan Station of Beijing-Xiongan inter-city railway in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province, Nov. 7, 2019. The construction of underground part of main structure of the station has finished. With the construction area of about 470,000 square meters, Xiongan Station is consisted of three floors above ground and two floors underground. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 7, 2019 shows workers preparing for brewing rice wine at a winery in Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province. Every year around the occasion of the traditional solar term of Lidong, the beginning of winter, which fell on Nov. 8 this year, local wineries meet the best season to make the 2500-year-old traditional Shaoxing rice wine. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Russian soldiers participate in a parade on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Nov. 7, 2019, to mark the 78th anniversary of the legendary military parade in 1941. The Nov. 7, 1941 parade was held after Russia joined World War II and aimed to raise morale as Nazi German forces approached Moscow. The troops attending the parade headed straight to the frontline outside Moscow after the parade. (Xinhua/Evgeny Sinitsyn)
A visitor admires exhibits at a press preview of an exhibition in commemoration of Leonardo da Vinci at the National Gallery in London, Britain, Nov. 5, 2019. British National Gallery will hold an exhibition named "Leonardo: Experience a Masterpiece" to mark the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death. The exhibition will be on display from Nov. 9, 2019 to Jan. 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Han Yan)
An artist from China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe dances during the show "My Dream" in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 6, 2019. (Xinhua/Rahel Patrasso)
Migrating pelicans are seen at a water reservoir in Mishmar HaSharon, Israel, on Nov. 7, 2019. Every year, thousands of pelicans pass through Israel on their way to Africa for the winter. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
