Xinhua selects world pictures of the year 2019

Students have China-aided rice for lunch at Toyoyome primary school at suburb of Cotonou, Benin, Oct. 17, 2019. Benin's Minister of State for Planning and Development Abdoulaye Bio-Tchané said China has been the main partner to the West African nation's integrated school feeding program aimed at improving school enrolment and retention rates for children. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)