BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Tourist Zhang Maodi from Shanghai exercises in his room at a quarantine hotel in Wulingyuan District of Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 8, 2021. The municipal headquarters on COVID-19 prevention and control of Zhangjiajie announced on Aug. 3 that all the people in Zhangjiajie, including residents and tourists, were not allowed to leave the city as part of efforts to curb the latest resurgence of COVID-19. Now more than 1,200 tourists are still stranded in the city. Between July 29 and Aug. 9, a total of 53 locally transmitted confirmed cases have been reported in Zhangjiajie. The city now has three high-risk areas and 11 medium-risk areas for COVID-19. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)
Staff members build a "Falcon" air-inflated testing lab for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing at Yangzhou International Exhibition Center in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 10, 2021. In order to enhance its nucleic acid testing capabilities, Yangzhou is building two advanced air-inflated testing labs at Yangzhou International Exhibition Center. The labs, capable of automatic COVID-19 tests, can screen up to 1.5 million people every day using the ten-in-one mixed testing approach. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
A teacher teaches flute playing via Internet in Zunhua, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 10, 2021. Art schools here have provided various classes via Internet for students during summer vacation. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on Aug. 10, 2021 shows villagers airing chillies in Kaili, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Photo by Cai Xingwen/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on June 30, 2021 shows the new passenger terminal constructed by a Chinese company at Maldives' Velana International Airport (VIA) in Male, the Maldives. The passenger terminal was recently put into operation. (Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd./Handout via Xinhua)
People hit drums after a news conference at the site of the former St. Paul Indian Residential School in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Aug. 10, 2021. Three British Columbia First Nations said they will work together to investigate the disappearance of indigenous children at the site of the former St. Paul's Indian Residential School in North Vancouver on Tuesday. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Aug. 10, 2021 shows the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States. The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved a long-awaited infrastructure bill, after months of strenuous negotiations between Democrats and Republicans. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)
This reversed photo shows a cyclist riding next to a puddle in London, Britain, Aug. 9, 2021. Britain has reported another 25,161 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 6,094,243, according to official figures released Monday. (Xinhua/Han Yan)■
