BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Aerial photo taken on March 30, 2020 shows rescuers working on a derailed passenger train in Chenzhou, central China's Hunan Province. The passenger train derailed in Yongxing County of Chenzhou, at 11:40 a.m. (0300 GMT) Monday when the train was running from Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, to Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, said China Railway Guangzhou Group Co., Ltd. Preliminary investigations showed that the derail was caused by a landslide as a result of continuous rains in the past few days. (Photo by Zhong Lei/Xinhua)
A sales clerk arranges clothes inside a shop in a shopping mall in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
Soldiers take part in the "Dragon Gold 2020" joint drill in Cambodia's southwestern Kampot province, March 24, 2020. (Xinhua)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson chairs a morning COVID-19 update meeting remotely during his self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, in London, Britain, on March 28, 2020. (Andrew Parsons/No 10 Downing Street/Handout via Xinhua) (EDITORIAL USE ONLY)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a televised address to the nation in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 30, 2020. Erdogan on Monday said a total of 39 locations across the country are put under quarantine due to the rising number of confirmed cases for COVID-19. (Xinhua)
A swing facility is closed in Sydney, Australia, on March 29, 2020. Social gatherings have been limited to two people in key Australian states, as the number of COVID-19 cases nationally passed 4,000 and virus related deaths reached 18. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)
Aerial photo taken on March 27, 2020 shows the construction site of a temporary hospital in the suburbs of Moscow, Russia. Russia is constructing its first temporary hospital at a location about 60 kilometers southwest of Moscow to fight the pandemic of COVID-19. (Sputnik/Handout via Xinhua)
Smoke is seen in the air after airstrikes hit Sanaa, Yemen, March 30, 2020. The Saudi-led coalition launched on Monday 15 airstrikes on "military targets" in Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa, the residents and the Houthi-run media said. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)
The U.S. Navy Ship (USNS) Comfort sails toward Pier 90 in New York, the United States, on March 30, 2020. The U.S. Navy Ship (USNS) Comfort arrived in New York City on Monday, bringing 1,000 hospital beds to help relieve the city's overwhelmed hospital system amid COVID-19 pandemic. (Jie Fischer/NAPA/Handout via Xinhua)
Graduating students attend a class at Hohhot No. 35 Middle School in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, March 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Staff member of the Ministry of Health of Laos transfer supplies donated by China in Vientiane, Laos, March 30, 2020. (Photo by Kai Qiao/Xinhua)
A countdown clock shows the adjusted time remaining for the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games outside Tokyo station, in Tokyo on March 30, 2020. The Tokyo Olympic Games has been rescheduled to July 23 to August 8, 2021, organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games announced on Monday. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)
A worker disinfects streets in Damascus, Syria, on March 30, 2020. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)
A woman walks along an empty street inside the University of the Philippines in Quezon City, the Philippines on March 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
Chinese medical experts arrive at the Simon Bolivar International Airport, in La Guaira, Venezuela, on March 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Marcos Salgado)■
