BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
This combo photo shows volunteer driver Wang Yongpeng (top 1st L), pharmacy staff Wang Chunbo (top 2nd L), psychologist Wang Yi (top 3rd L), Xiao Yaxing (top 4th L), deliveryman Luo Zongping (bottom 1st L), supermarket manager Zhou Wei (bottom 2nd L), deliveryman Hu Bo (bottom 3rd L) and constructor Cai Bin (bottom 4th L). China is engaged in a war against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. When medical staff save lives in the hospitals, many ordinary people rise to the occasion and contribute to this battle in their own way. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi)
A medical worker examines a patient with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapies at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020. The first batch of 23 patients walked out of the first temporary hospital featuring traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Wednesday in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Medical workers smash medicinal materials at the provincial hospital of Tibetan medicine in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Feb. 26, 2020. Tibetan medicine is used to help fight the coronavirus in northwest China's Qinghai Province. The provincial hospital of Tibetan medicine has produced a batch of anti-virus medications featuring Tibetan medicine. Local Tibetan medicine hospitals also produced medications to prevent virus infection and distributed them to the public for free. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
A recovered patient (R) waves to the medical staff of the temporary hospital, which applies traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment to patients, in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 26, 2020. TCM has been widely applied in treating infected patients as it has been proved effective in improving the cure rate. And the first batch of 23 recovered patients from this temporary hospital were discharged on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
A customer pays at the cashier's counter at a supermarket in Zhongguancun of Haidian District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 26, 2020. Beijing health authorities have given 10 suggestions to the public as more people shop in supermarkets. The suggestions include wearing masks, avoiding crowds, taking temperatures and keeping personal distances. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
Migrant workers take a bus to their company after arriving at Nanchang Changbei Airport by a chartered flight in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 26, 2020. First batch of some 350 migrant workers from Gansu and Qinghai provinces to Nanchang arrived Wednesday by two chartered flights. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
A drone sows rice seeds in Shuikou Township of Kaiping, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 26, 2020. A demonstration field project, a cooperation between Chinese drone maker DJI and a local agricultural cooperative, started sowing operation on Wednesday with the help of drones. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Aerial photo taken on Feb. 26, 2020 shows a farmer driving a self-propelled sprayer on a farm in Xintun Village of Tancheng County in Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province. Spring ploughing is underway in many areas of China amid the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Zhang Chunlei/Xinhua)
The aerial photo shows workers working at the construction site of Kaizhou Lake grand bridge of Weng'an-Kaiyang expressway in Kaiyang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 26, 2020. The construction of the expressway is resumed amid epidemic control and prevention efforts. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
Afghans wear protective masks in Herat province, western Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2020. A group of young generation donated 500 masks as a support to protect Afghans against the outbreak of novel coronavirus in Herat province, where the first coronavirus case in the country was found, a local official said on Wednesday. (Photo by Elaha Sahel/Xinhua)
Tourists wait to cross a road in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 26, 2020. South Korea confirmed 284 more cases of the COVID-19 on Wednesday, raising the total number of infections to 1,261, and the death toll rose to 12. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)
Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard near a burnt vehicle after violence-ravaged New Delhi, India, Feb. 26, 2020. The death toll in the communal violence in the Indian capital city rose to 22, while over 200 people were injured, officials said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)
Supporters of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak wave hands to the helicopter which carries his body in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 26, 2020. Egypt held a military funeral on Wednesday for the country's former president Hosni Mubarak who died on Tuesday at the age of 91. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)
Demonstrators stand outside Woolwich Crown Court demanding the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, in London, Britain, on Feb. 26, 2020. A court in London started Monday a legal hearing to decide whether the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)■
