Beijing, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Samantha Giambalvo, a traveling nurse from Alabama who has been working in New York since April 6, watches as firefighters and residents show appreciation for healthcare workers in front of NYU Langone Medical Center in New York, the United States, May 9, 2020. The International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world May 12, on the occasion of Florence Nightingale's birthday. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)
Pigeons fly at an empty square in Kuwait City, Kuwait, May 11, 2020. The Kuwaiti government announced last Friday a full curfew in the country for three weeks to curb the rapid rise in coronavirus cases. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to deliver a statement to the House of Commons in London, Britain, on May 11, 2020. The British government on Monday published the document of the long-expected COVID-19 recovery plan, hoping to gradually ease the lockdown measures while at the same time getting the coronavirus pandemic under control. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on May 10, 2020 shows the multi-span rigid frame continuous beam for the No. 2 Bridge of Indonesia's Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway in Indonesia. The first multi-span rigid frame continuous beam for the No. 2 Bridge of Indonesia's Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway was successfully closed on Sunday. The steel structure continuous beam, which is being constructed by Power Construction Corporation of China, has a total length of 213.8 meters, crossing two highway ramps and an overpass, with dense land transportation networks and complex construction environment. In 2016, the construction of Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway project was launched. The 142.3 km-long project will connect the country's capital Jakarta and Bandung in West Java province. (Xinhua/Du Yu)
A staff member carries out maintenance work in Yungang Grottoes in north China's Shanxi Province, May 10, 2020. The maintenance work of Caves No. 11-13 of Yungang Grottoes began in August 2019 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2020. (Photo by Chai Ting/Xinhua)
A tourist takes a selfie inside the Shanghai Disneyland theme park in east China's Shanghai, May 11, 2020. The Shanghai Disneyland theme park reopened to visitors with controlled capacity on Monday, after the COVID-19 epidemic in China became more subdued. This is the first Disneyland theme park in the world that has reopened since the outbreak of the COVID-19. (Xinhua/Ren Long)
A man prepares to fly a kite on the roof of a building during the COVID-19 pandemic in Cairo, Egypt, on May 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Nurses wearing protective equipment are seen at a triage area as they wait for patients outside a hospital in Manila, the Philippines, May 11, 2020. Tuesday, or May 12, is International Nurses Day, an annual celebration of the crucial work of nurses around the world. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
Photo taken on May 11, 2020 shows the site of a fire which broke out on a crude oil tanker at Waruna Shipyard at the Port of Belawan in Indonesia's province of North Sumatra. A fire broke out on a crude oil tanker docked at Waruna Shipyard at the Port of Belawan in Indonesia's province of North Sumatra Monday morning, and several workers have been reportedly rushed to hospitals after suffering burns in the accident. (Photo by Alberth Damanik/Xinhua)
Portraits of representatives of professional groups who were mobilized during the COVID-19 pandemic are displayed during a tribute on a giant screen in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, May 10, 2020. (Photo by Jack Chan/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on May 11, 2020 shows volunteers collecting waste in a river in Yingfeng Village of Tuankou Township in Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. The town has set up a river management mechanism to maintain the cleanliness of rivers here. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Photo taken on May 8, 2020 shows locusts in Hyderabad, Pakistan. The Pakistani government has said that a locust migration will start from southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province and some other countries at the end of May. (Xinhua)
Photo taken on May 11, 2020 shows the site of a blast in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. Four persons were injured as four blasts shocked Police District 17 of Afghan capital city Kabul on Monday, a police spokesman Ferdous Faramarz said. (Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah)
Students have PE class at Wenwei Middle School in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, May 11, 2020. Guangzhou on Monday resumed class for students of the first and second grades of junior and senior high schools. (Xinhua/Lu Hanxin)
Photo taken on May 9, 2020 shows ice pinnacles on a glacial surface, known as seracs, on the north side of Mount Qomolangma in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)■
