BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
A train attendant of a high-speed train bound for Hong Kong greets passengers at Xi'an North Railway Station in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 5, 2025. A direct high-speed train route was launched on Jan. 5 between Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. A single trip in either direction takes less than 11 hours. Along the direct route, there are stations in the provinces of Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and Guangdong. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)A visitor poses for photos at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 5, 2025. The 41st Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival kicked off here on Jan. 4 with the theme "Dream of Winter, Love among Asia." (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)This photo taken on Jan. 4, 2025 shows a cylindrical lightbox decorated with shadow puppet patterns at the Ping'anli station of Beijing Subway Line 19 in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Li Xin)Zhang Xuefeng, an inheritor of the Qingyang paper-cutting, shows her elephant-themed works in Tangqi Village, Heshui County of Qingyang City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Jan. 4, 2025. (Xinhua/Lang Bingbing)People walk past a boutique in Rome, Italy, Jan. 4, 2025. Italy's winter sale season began in most regions on Jan. 4. (Xinhua/Li Jing)Israelis clash with police during a protest demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 4, 2025. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)People participate in New Year's Dive 2025 in Ostend, Belgium, on Jan. 4, 2025. Over 4,000 people dressed in various costumes jumped into the North Sea to celebrate the arrival of the new year. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)People mourn for 18-year-old Palestinian Mohammad Amer, who was killed by Israeli army in the Balata refugee camp, during his funeral in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Jan. 4, 2025. A Palestinian was killed and eight others injured, including one critically, by Israeli army gunfire in a refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Jan. 3, Palestinian authorities said. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)A man transfers an injured child to the hospital of Al-Maamadani after the Israeli army attacked a residential square in al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza city, Jan. 4, 2025. The Hamas-run Gaza media office said on Jan.4 evening that the Israeli army carried out 94 airstrikes and shelling on the Gaza Strip over the past 72 hours, killing 184 people. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)A man takes part in the annual Cape Town Minstrel Carnival in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan. 4, 2025. About 20,000 performers from 18 minstrel troupes participated in this year's carnival. (Photo by Fred Barker/Xinhua)■
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