Beijing, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Henan medical team members give thumb-up for Wuhan before their departure in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 19, 2020. Some medical teams supporting the virus-hit Hubei Province left Thursday as the epidemic outbreak has been subdued. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
Local residents, volunteers and hotel workers take selfies with the departing Henan medical team members in Wuhan, central China's Hubei, March 19, 2020. Some medical teams supporting the virus-hit Hubei Province left Thursday as the epidemic outbreak has been subdued. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
Photo taken on March 18, 2020 shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivering a video speech on COVID-19, in Berlin, capital of Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged solidarity among citizens in a speech on Wednesday evening, calling the COVID-19 the nation's biggest challenge since World War II. (Xinhua/Shan Yuqi)
Health workers are seen at a drive-through COVID-19 testing location set up by the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, on March 19, 2020. The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 13,000 as of 5:30 p.m. local time on Thursday (2130 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua)
Medical workers are busy at the ICU (intensive care unit) of Wuhan pulmonary hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 19, 2020. The medical assistance team from Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital in east China's Zhejiang Province finished its mission in the ICU of Wuhan Xiehe Hospital amid the fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak on Thursday. At the same day, the team moved to Wuhan pulmonary hospital and continued to work alongside with the hospital's staff and medical assistant team from north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to treat critically ill patients of COVID-19 here. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Romanian soldiers set up a military hospital for possible victims of COVID-19 epidemic in Otopeni, near Bucharest, Romania, March 19, 2020. Romania entered an emergency state starting on March 16, in an effort to ensure that the government uses all resources to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)
A worker unloads boxes containing medical supplies during a handover ceremony at Sungai Buloh hospital in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia, March 19, 2020. The Chinese embassy and Chinese companies in Malaysia on Thursday donated the first batch of medical supplies to Malaysian hospitals to fight the COVID-19 spread. The medical materials, including 5,000 face masks and 10,000 surgical masks, were delivered to Malaysia's Sungai Buloh hospital, one of the designated facilities to treat COVID-19 patients. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)
People enjoy sunset on a plank road at the Donghu Lake in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, March 18, 2020. No new infections of the novel coronavirus were reported on Wednesday in Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic, marking a notable first in the city's months-long battle with the microscopic foe. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Worker Chen Anxin (front) prepares to get on a train in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province, March 19, 2020. With a high-speed railway train carrying 551 migrant workers departing central China's Hubei Province Thursday, the province hard-hit by the coronavirus are sending more workers to south China's manufacturing heartland Guangdong Province.
Departing from the city of Jingzhou at 1:20 p.m., the train is the first chartered high-speed railway train from Hubei to send migrant workers to their workplaces after the Spring Festival.
On Thursday, a total of 1,631 migrant workers have boarded the trains for Guangdong, with the other high-speed railway train carrying 1,080 people departing at around 3:13 p.m. from Jingzhou heading for Shenzhen. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
Photo taken on March 19, 2020 shows the Potala Palace after a snowfall in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The snowfall has improved the soil moisture which is conducive to the ongoing spring sowing. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Workers are seen at a factory of Great Wall Motors in Yongchuan District of Chongqing, southwest China, March 18, 2020. By taking measures to cut down the rents and guarantee fees for companies during the epidemic time, Chongqing's Yongchuan District has seen most of its key companies resume production. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
Aerial photo taken on March 18, 2020 shows the construction site of Beijing-Xiongan intercity railway's Xiongan Station in Xiongan New Area, north China's Hebei Province. Construction has resumed on 67 key projects in Xiongan New Area by 8 a.m. Wednesday, according to its administrative committee. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
Photo taken on March 19, 2020 shows the closed Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon's Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad announced on March 15 the decisions of the cabinet which include the closure of the airport and all sea, land and air facilities starting from March 18 until March 29 with the exclusion of diplomatic delegations, UNIFIL forces and shipping aircrafts. (Photo by Bilal Jawich/Xinhua)
President of the Hellenic Olympic Commitee Spyros Capralos (L) passes the Tokyo Olympic flame to Imoto Naoko, an Olympian in swimming at the Olympic Games of Atlanta 1996, at the Panathenaic stadium, in Athens, Greece, on March 19, 2020. (Photo by Aris Messinis-pool photo/Xinhua)
