Xinhua Photo Daily | March 19, 2025

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19 Mar 2025, 08:47 GMT+10

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.

Tourists visit an ancient stage in Shaxi Town, Jianchuan County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 17, 2025. Shaxi, a remote township in Jianchuan County, was once an important trading hub for tea, herbs, silk and salt on the ancient Tea Horse Road, a trade route dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The ancient temples, old alleys and caravansaries of the ancient town are reminders of past glories and attract tourists from around the world. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

A woman shows her dough figurine in Lancheng Town of Lanxian County, north China's Shanxi Province, March 18, 2025. Lanxian dough figurine making was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2014. The dough figurines can help revive people's memories of childhood and bear good wishes for the future. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)

Chorus members dance at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, capital of China, March 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

An aerial drone photo taken on March 18, 2025 shows villagers picking tea leaves at a tea garden in Maoping Town, Zigui County of central China's Hubei Province. (Photo by Zheng Jiayu/Xinhua)

A tourist takes selfies with blossoms at a park in Xiaogan City, central China's Hubei Province, March 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach walks away after delivering a speech during the opening ceremony for the 144th IOC session at the International Olympic Academy in Ancient Olympia, Greece, on March 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Cao Can)

A Palestinian carries the body of a victim who was killed by Israeli airstrikes at a hospital in Gaza City on March 18, 2025. The Palestinian death toll from the Israeli airstrikes on various places across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday morning has risen to 413, the Gaza-based health authorities said. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

Honduran National Police officers and rescue teams from the Honduran government work in rescue operations after a small plane crashed into the sea, on Roatan island, Honduras, on March 17, 2025. At least six people were killed after a small plane lost control and crashed on Monday evening upon taking off from Roatan Island in northern Honduras, said Octavio Pineda, minister of Infrastructure and Transportation of Honduras. (Str/Xinhua)

Children visit a dinosaur exhibition in MBK center shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand on March 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)

Hot air balloons fly over the Lake Burley Griffin during the annual Canberra Balloon Spectacular in Canberra, Australia, March 18, 2025. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)