BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2019 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 28, 2019 shows people hiking on snow-covered Luodui Mountain in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
A contestant skis during an alpine skiing contest of the 14th Chinese National Winter Games held in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 28, 2019. (Xinhua/Ren Junchuan)
Visitors watch ice-fishing on the Chagan Lake in Songyuan City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Dec. 27, 2019. A winter fishing-themed tourist festival opened on Saturday on the ice-covered Chagan Lake, one of the largest freshwater lakes in China known for its centuries-old tradition of ice-fishing. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)
Photo taken on Dec. 28, 2019 shows a view of the Huma River in Huzhong Town of Dahinggan, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Huzhong Town is named "China's coldest town" with a recorded lowest temperature in history of minus 53 degrees Celsius. A section of Huma River in Huzhong Town is unfrozen throughout the year. (Xinhua/Sun Xiaoyu)
People visit the Baotu Spring in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 28, 2019. Baotu Spring has been gushing for 16 consecutive years since September 2003. (Xinhua/Yin Xubao)
Participants of a hairstyle show pose for a photo in Karlovac, Croatia, on Dec. 28, 2019. The hairstyle show presents local hair salons and different styles of hair and beards. (Kristina Stedul Fabac/Pixsell via Xinhua)
Technician Meng Xuhui checks on a painted pottery figurine of Tang Dynasty (618-907) at the cultural relics protection and restoration center of Tianshui Museum in Tianshui, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 27, 2019. (Xinhua/Ma Ning)
Photo taken on Dec. 28, 2019 shows a coffee-cup mosaic of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun's mask in Giza, Egypt. At the yard of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) near the Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt celebrated on Saturday in an open-air ceremony setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest mosaic of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun's mask made of coffee cups. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Photo taken on Dec. 28, 2019 shows the scene after a truck bomb attack in the suburbs of Mogadishu, capital of Somalia. At least 76 people have been killed and dozens of others injured at a busy security checkpoint here on Saturday, a medical charity confirmed. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. (Photo by Hassan Bashi/Xinhua)