BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
A protester throws back a tear gas canister during clashes with Lebanese security members in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 10, 2020. Beirut was rocked last week by two huge explosions that have claimed at least 158 lives and injured 6,000 others. Thousands took to streets in downtown Beirut to demand the overhaul of the political system. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab (R) presents resignation to Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 10, 2020. Hassan Diab on Monday announced the resignation of his government, after deadly explosions in capital Beirut that have triggered anti-government protests. (Dalati & Nohra/Handout via Xinhua)
Workers prevent the spread of an oil spill in Mahebourg, Mauritius, Aug. 8, 2020. Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth declared a state of environmental emergency due to an oil spill on Aug. 7, according to a statement issued on the same day after a cabinet meeting. The oil spill was caused by a Japanese freighter that ran aground offshore on July 26. (Photo by Ajai Daby/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Aug. 10, 2020 shows Mount Sinabung spewing ash in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Mount Sinabung in Indonesia's North Sumatra province's district of Karo erupted on Monday at 10:16 a.m. local time with a column of ash reaching some 5,000 meters above the volcano's peak or about 7,460 meters above the sea level, local media reported. (Photo by Sarianto Sembiring/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Aug. 10, 2020 shows the shattered window of a store in downtown Chicago, the United States. Two people were shot, more than 100 arrested and 13 police officers injured in widespread looting and vandalism that happened early Monday morning in downtown Chicago. (Photo by Alan Ruffin/Xinhua)
A Canadair fire-fighting plane swoops down on the Adriatic Sea to pick up water at Grebastica beach near Sibenik, Croatia, Aug. 9, 2020. (Hrvoje Jelavic/Pixsell via Xinhua)
A man in traditional costumes marches during the Sinjska Alka lancing tournament in Sinj, Croatia, Aug. 9, 2020. Sinjska alka is an equestrian competition held in the Croatian town of Sinj every first Sunday in August to commemorate the victory over Ottomans on Aug. 14, 1715. It was included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2010. (Ivo Cagalj/Pixsell via Xinhua)
Jimmy Lai Chee-ying is taken by the police to the headquarters of Apple Daily for investigation in Hong Kong, south China, Aug. 10, 2020. Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, an instigator of the Hong Kong riots, and nine other people were arrested Monday, with some of them suspected of breaching the national security law in Hong Kong, according to Hong Kong police and local media. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)
People buy vegetables at a supermarket in Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 10, 2020. China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.7 percent year on year in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. (Photo by Long Wei/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on Aug. 10, 2020 shows the Jinshanling Great Wall shrouded in morning mist in Luanping County of Chengde City, north China's Hebei Province. (Photo by Zhou Wanping/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on Aug. 9, 2020 shows the view of Nilaba wetland in Sertar County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)■
