BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) — The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua. 新华社北京5月12日电 过去24小时里的世界。新华社每日最佳新闻图片精选。
Journalists raise hands to ask questions during a press conference given by the State Council Information Office on the data of the seventh national population census in Beijing, capital of China, on May 11, 2021.
China released the results of the seventh national census on Tuesday. The census, the largest of its kind across the world, helps China figure out its population size, structure and distribution as well as the latest demographic changes and trends, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
2021年5月11日，在国务院新闻办公室举行的新闻发布会上，记者举手询问中国第七次全国人口普查数据。
中国周二公布了第七次全国人口普查的结果。根据国家统计局的数据，这是全球规模最大的人口普查，有助于中国弄清其人口规模、结构和分布，以及最新的人口变化和趋势。
Male nurse Li Zhuoxiang feeds a newborn infant at the health center for women and children in Qujing, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, May 10, 2021. The International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world on May 12. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo) 摄于2021年5月10日的这张照片中，男护士李卓祥在云南省曲靖市的妇幼保健中心给新生婴儿喂奶瓶。5月12日是世界各地庆祝国际护士节的日子。
An exhibitor (1st R) introduces his products at the Fifth Silk Road International Exposition in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, May 11, 2021. The Fifth Silk Road International Exposition opened Tuesday in Xi’an, with deeper Belt and Road economic cooperation one of the hot topics on agenda. Themed “Interconnection, Contribution and Shared Benefits,” the expo has attracted more than 1,900 envoys and guests from 98 countries and regions such as Belgium, the Republic of Korea, Tajikistan and Zambia. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)2021年5月11日， 一位参展商（前右一）在陕西省会西安市举行的第五届丝绸之路国际博览会上介绍他的产品。深入开展“一带一路”经济合作是议程中的热门话题之一。博览会以“相互联系，贡献和共同利益”为主题，吸引了来自比利时、韩国、塔吉克斯坦和赞比亚等98个国家和地区的1,900名驻华使节和境外嘉宾。
A staff member sets working route for an unmanned transplanter on a vehicle-mounted terminal tablet in a smart agriculture demonstration zone administered by Hongwei Farm Co., Ltd. of Beidahuang Group in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, May 11, 2021. Equipped with a self-driving system based on the Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), the smart transplanter can independently finish rice transplanting, avoid obstacles and turn around when needed. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao) 2021年5月11日，一名工作人员在黑龙江省北大荒集团宏伟农场有限公司管理的智能农业示范区的车载终端平板电脑上，设置无人驾驶智能插秧机的工作路线。基于北斗导航卫星系统（BDS）的自动驾驶系统，该智能插秧机可以独立完成水稻插秧，避免障碍物并在需要时转向。
Children take part in a disaster emergency drill at a kindergarten in Guiyang, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, May 11, 2021, ahead of the National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day that falls on May 12. (Photo by Zhao Song/Xinhua) 2021年5月11日，在5月12日全国防灾减灾日之前，孩子们在贵州省贵阳市的一所幼儿园参加灾难应急演习。
A Yangtze finless porpoise is seen at the Yichang section of the Yangtze River, central China’s Hubei Province, May 11, 2021.
A pod of the Yangtze finless porpoise has been seen spyhopping above the silvery surface of the Yangtze River, China’s longest river, attracting shutterbugs and nearby residents who want to catch a glimpse of these beautiful creatures. The freshwater porpoise with no dorsal fin is native to China and has lived here for 25 million years. They are the only freshwater subspecies of the finless porpoise family and pulse through the middle and lower main streams of the Yangtze River.
With its mouth fixed in a permanent grin, the rotund finless porpoise is known in China as a “smiling angel.” (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
2021年5月11日，在中国中部湖北省长江宜昌地区，几只长江无鳍海豚在嬉戏。
没有背鳍的淡水海豚原产于中国，据信已经在这里生活了2500万年。它们是无鳍海豚科中唯一的淡水亚种，并在长江中下游干流中游弋。
圆形无鳍海豚嘴固定不动，在中国被称为“微笑天使”。
Tourists view the scenery at Longtoushan scenic spot in Hanzhong, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, May 11, 2021. Alpine azalea flowers here have been in full bloom recently. (Xinhua/Tao Ming) 2021年5月11日，游客在陕西省汉中市龙头山风景区欣赏风景。这里的高山杜鹃花近期正在盛开。
Workers unload anti-epidemic material supplies donated by the Chinese government from a Chinese cargo plane at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane, Laos, May 10, 2021. The Chinese government’s emergency assistance to Laos includes ventilators, automatic nucleic acid extractors, medical masks, N95 masks, mobile hospital beds, automatic autoclaves, nucleic acid extraction or purification reagents, and nucleic acid detection kits, etc. (Xinhua/Zhang Jianhua) 2021年5月10日，工人从老挝万象瓦岱国际机场的一架中国货机上，卸下了中国政府捐赠的抗疫材料。中国政府对老挝的紧急援助包括呼吸机、自动核酸提取器、医用口罩、N95口罩、移动式病床、自动高压灭菌器、核酸提取或纯化试剂，以及核酸检测试剂盒等。
Photo taken on May 10, 2021 shows the construction site of the Peljesac Bridge near Komarna, Croatia. In January 2018, a Chinese consortium led by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) won the bid for the first phase of the bridge and its access roads. The construction of the Peljesac Bridge will be completed in June 2022. (Grgo Jelavic/Pixsell via Xinhua) 2021年5月10日拍摄的照片，显示了在克罗地亚科马纳佩列萨克大桥的施工现场附近。 2018年1月，由中国公路桥梁公司（CRBC）牵头的中国财团，中标了该桥及其通行道路的第一阶段。佩列萨克大桥的建设将于2022年6月完成。
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian child Hussien Hamad, 11, during his funeral in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, May 11, 2021. Israel carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 20 people, as rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave continued through Monday night, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua) 2021年5月11日，在加沙地带北部城镇贝特哈嫩（Beit Hanoun）举行的葬礼中，民众抬着11岁的巴勒斯坦儿童哈桑（Hussien Hamad）的遗体。以色列在加沙地带进行了空袭，至少有20人丧生。
Few people are seen on the road as the Karnataka State government has announced strict 14-day lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Bangalore, India, May 10, 2021. (Str/Xinhua) 2021年5月10日，印度卡纳塔克邦政府宣布严格的14天封锁措施，以遏制COVID-19在班加罗尔的蔓延。
