BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
A ceremony marking the 2,573rd birth anniversary of Confucius is held at Confucius Temple in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 28, 2022. An educator and philosopher, Confucius (551-479 B.C.), who founded a school of thought known as Confucianism, profoundly influenced later generations of Chinese society. He was also the first to set up private schools in China that enrolled students from different social classes. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2022 shows the groundbreaking ceremony for the fourth pipeline of a mega power transmission project that transports natural gas from China's western regions to the country's east. Construction work on the pipeline kicked off Wednesday. With a total length of 3,340 km, the pipeline runs from Wuqia County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to Zhongwei City in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua)
A heavy truck is assembled on the assembly line of the Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 27, 2022. Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group is a leading enterprise in equipment manufacturing in Shaanxi Province. Since the beginning of this year, the heavy trucks produced here have been exported to more than 130 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
Aerial photo taken on Sept. 28, 2022 shows the renovated Pengbu Bridge in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
Aerial photo taken on Sept. 28, 2022 shows harvested soybeans in Zhalantun, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Bei He)
Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2022 shows a clay head figurine in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) displayed during an exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing, capital of China. "Harmonious Co-existence," a joint exhibition of collections from the National Museum of China and the Palace Museum, opened here Wednesday. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2022 shows a cloned arctic wolf at Harbin Polarland in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. A cloned arctic wolf met the public at Harbin Polarland in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province lately. Its donor cell came from the skin samples of a wild arctic wolf named Maya, who had been introduced from Canada to Harbin Polarland. Its oocyte was from a female dog in estrus and its surrogate mother was a beagle. Now the wolf pup is in good health condition and lives with its surrogate mother at Harbin Polarland. Arctic wolf is an endangered species. They are found in northern Eurasia and northern parts of Canada and Greenland. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)
Newborn giant panda cubs are pictured at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 28, 2022. Thirteen panda cubs, all born this year, on Wednesday met the public at the breeding base in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to the center, the newborn cubs are among 15 giant panda cubs successfully bred at the panda base this year, including four pairs of twins. The weight of the heaviest newborn giant panda cub has reached 218.5 grams. (Photo by Chen Juwei/Xinhua)
Aerial photo released by the Danish Ministry of Defense on Sept. 27, 2022 shows the Nord Stream gas pipeline leak site. Measuring stations in Sweden registered strong underwater explosions in the same area of sea as the gas leaks that occurred in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines on Monday, Swedish television (SVT) reported on Tuesday. The government of Denmark considers the Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks "deliberate actions," Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday. (Danish Defense Ministry/Handout via Xinhua)■