Beijing, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Photo taken in Brussels of Belgium on March 16, 2020 shows World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaking at a virtual press conference held in Geneva, Switzerland. More cases and deaths of COVID-19 have now been reported in the rest of the world than in China, the chief of the WHO said here on Monday, noting that a rapid escalation of the coronavirus cases has been seen in the past week. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
A monitor displays news concerning COVID-19 at Times Square in New York, the United States, March 15, 2020. (Photo by Guo Ke/Xinhua)
A monitor shows the trading information at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, the United States, March 16, 2020. U.S. stocks opened sharply lower on Monday even after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate to the range from 0 to 0.25 percent and unveiled a huge program of bond-buying amid coronavirus fallout. The S&P 500 index declined 8 percent shortly after the opening bell, triggering a key circuit breaker that halted trading for 15 minutes. It was the third time that the circuit breakers, or trading halts, have been tipped since last week. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)
A locked entrance of Humboldt University of Berlin is seen in Berlin, capital of Germany, March 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)
Activists stage a protest outside 10 Downing Street against the British government's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in London, Britain on March 16, 2020. British scientists have urged the government to take "more restrictive measures" to tackle the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Ray Tang/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on March 16, 2020 shows a scene of the Xiaotangshan Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. Beijing on Monday put the Xiaotangshan Hospital into use, with more than 1,000 beds prepared for the screening and treatment of imported mild and common confirmed COVID-19 cases, suspected cases and those who need to be tested, according to the municipal leading group for epidemic prevention and control. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
A vehicle with 5G equipment collects signals during a live broadcast of cherry blossoms at Wuhan University in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, March 16, 2020. The campus of Wuhan University is not open to the public due to epidemic prevention and control works. The university on Monday organized a ten-day live broadcast to show cherry blossoms in spring on the campus. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
A man wearing a protective mask passes by the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France, March 15, 2020. The government placed a partial lockdown on the country on Saturday. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua)
People do shopping at a supermarket in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, early March 17, 2020. Malaysia is introducing comprehensive restrictive measures including closing shops and schools and imposing travel bans, in an effort to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced Monday. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)
Li Lanjuan, a renowned Chinese epidemiologist, introduces the treatment process of the 600th cured patient of COVID-19 at the east branch of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
A staff member loads medical supplies onto a flight to the Republic of Korea (ROK) at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 16, 2020. Two flights carrying medical supplies took off Monday from the city of Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, and headed to Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) respectively, as the province's efforts in aiding the two countries' anti-coronavirus fight. The supplies donated by Liaoning included 155,000 surgical masks and 7,000 protective suits. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
A closed restaurant is seen in Brussels, Belgium, March 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Few products are left on the shelves of a supermarket in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 15, 2020. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday declared a national state of disaster following a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus cases. (Xinhua)
Photo shows a subway cabin during the disinfection procedure in Moscow, Russia, on March 16, 2020. (Photo by Evgeny Sinitsyn/Xinhua)
Photo taken on March 15, 2020 shows a closed art shop in Rome, Italy. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)
Villagers attend a spring ploughing ceremony in Xierong Village, Quxu County, Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)■
