BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
Josie Baff of Australia, Eva Adamczykova of the Czech Republic, Michela Moioli of Italy and Noemie Wiedmer of Switzerland hug each other after the women's snowboard cross big final at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Livigno, Italy, Feb. 13, 2026. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)
Zhao Dan of China competes during the skeleton women competition heat 1 at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Cortina, Italy, Feb. 13, 2026. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)
Tereza Plosova of the Czech Republic competes during the ice hockey women's play-offs quarterfinals match between the Czech Republic and Sweden at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan, Italy, Feb. 13, 2026. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Gold medalist Quentin Fillon Maillet of France celebrates during the awarding ceremony of the biathlon men's 10km sprint event at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Anterselva, Italy, Feb. 13, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
A girl selects Chinese New Year decorations at a market in Tancheng County of Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 13, 2026. Markets across the country are bustling nowadays as people flock there to stock up on goods in preparation for the upcoming Spring Festival, or the Chinese New Year. (Photo by Zhang Chunlei/Xinhua)
Performers rehearse for a Chinese New Year celebration event in Anyang, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 13, 2026. Various festive events are held across China to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year of the Horse. (Photo by Liu Xiaokun/Xinhua)
Farmers from Hunan Province carrying goods for sale walk to a market in Tongren City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 12, 2026. The train No. 7272/7271 has run across the mountainous areas in Hunan, Guizhou and Chongqing for almost 20 years. With an average speed of just 40 kilometers per hour, the train has made it easier for residents along the route to travel and commute, while also helping local products reach wider markets. (Photo by Yuan Fuhong/Xinhua)
A child in costumes is pictured during a children's carnival at Arena Pula in Pula, Croatia, Feb. 13, 2026. (Sasa Miljevic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)
Greek farmers take part with their tractors in a protest outside the parliament in Athens, Greece, Feb. 13, 2026. Farmers from across Greece gathered in the capital Athens on Friday for a nationwide rally, driving tractors and agricultural machinery into Syntagma Square. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)
Humanoid robots dance at a Chinese New Year gala at the UN headquarters in New York, on Feb. 12, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)■