BEIJING, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
This photo taken on Dec. 3, 2023 shows the opening ceremony of the 5th World Media Summit (WMS) in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province. Themed "Boosting Global Confidence, Promoting Media Development," the 5th WMS has gathered over 450 participants from 101 countries and regions, including representatives of 197 mainstream media outlets, think tanks, government agencies and diplomatic missions to China, and UN agencies and international organizations. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
This aerial photo taken on Dec. 3, 2023 shows China's research icebreaker Xuelong 2 breaking ice and plowing a waterway. (Photo by Zhu He/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on Dec. 3, 2023 shows a section of the round-the-island sightseeing highway in Wanning City, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)
Participants take part in the Shenzhen Marathon 2023 in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 3, 2023. (Photo by Peng Zhigang/Xinhua)
People wade through a flood-destroyed section at the Bangali-Garissa Road in Tana River County, Kenya on Dec. 1, 2023. In the Mororo area at the border of Garissa and Tana River counties, eastern Kenya, residents are enduring the aftermath of severe flooding caused by recent heavy rainfall. The persistent rainfall, attributed to the El Nino phenomenon, has led to severe flooding in the Horn of Africa, including Kenya, following its worst drought in 40 years. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)
This photo taken on Dec. 2, 2023 shows an infant at a temporary hospital in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
A woman who was once a hostage in the Gaza Strip takes part in a rally for the release of the remaining hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 2, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that freeing hostages in Gaza would be "impossible" without continuing Israel's deadly ground operation, after pulling his team from talks in Qatar on a ceasefire with Hamas. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)
A damaged house is seen after an earthquake struck Surigao del Sur province, the Philippines on Dec. 3, 2023. A 7.4-magnitude offshore earthquake that hit southern Philippines late Saturday night has killed at least one and injured two others, local authorities reported Sunday. (Xinhua)
A performer from Salgueiro samba school participates in the samba parade at Cidade do Samba in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 2, 2023. A two-day event was held here to celebrate Brazil's National Samba Day which falls on Dec. 2. (Xinhua/Wang Tiancong)■
