Xinhua
25 Apr 2025

BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.This image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on April 25, 2025 shows a group photo of the crew of Shenzhou-19 and Shenzhou-20 manned spaceships. The three astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou-20 spaceship have entered the country's space station and met with another astronaut trio in the early hours of Friday, starting a new round of in-orbit crew handover. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)People take a ride on a driverless bus in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 24, 2025. The first driverless bus line in Guizhou Province is in trial operation and is expected to be launched soon. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)Students from a primary school view a rocket model made by their classmates in Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, April 24, 2025. April 24 has been Space Day of China since 2016. The date marks the launch of China's first satellite "Dongfanghong-1" into space in 1970. Various activities were carried out across the country to help children learn aerospace science and technology knowledge and stimulate their enthusiasm for scientific exploration. (Photo by Hao Qunying/Xinhua)This file photo shows a Buddha face discovered from the Mo'er Temple ruins in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. China revealed on Thursday a list of new archaeological findings as its top 10 discoveries for 2024. (Xinhua)A tourist enjoys the scenery of Erhai Lake at a cafe, while a cycling tourist passes by the window, in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Lianfen)A group of white spoonbills rest at the Qianhe Island tourist scenic area in Zhaodong City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, April 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)Li Haotong of China hits his ball during the round 1 at the Hainan Classic golf tournament of the DP World Tour in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, April 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)Palestinians wait to receive free food from a food distribution center in Gaza City, on April 24, 2025. As regional and international mediation intensifies to reach a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, many Palestinians are expressing cautious hope that current diplomatic efforts will result in sustainable peace and relief for their war-affected communities. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)This photo taken with a mobile phone on April 24, 2025 shows smoke rising from the site of a massive fire in Auckland, New Zealand. A massive fire broke out in New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, on Thursday evening. (Photo by Wu Jiaxiang/Xinhua)Palestinians check a destroyed apartment building after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on April 24, 2025. At least 29 Palestinians were killed on Thursday in multiple Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, according to Gaza's civil defense. (Xinhua/Rizek Abdeljawad)