Xinhua Photos of the Day (Sept. 20)

BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

Veterans of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) and young pioneers salute the martyrs at the Memorial Hall of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, in Dandong, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 19, 2020.

A memorial hall commemorating the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) reopened on Saturday in Liaoning Province. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

An iron plate of the Dingyuan Battleship is lifted out of seawater near Liugong Island in the city of Weihai, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 17, 2020. An 18-tonne iron plate was confirmed to be part of the wreckage of the Dingyuan Battleship of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It was craned out of the seawater near Liugong Island in the city of Weihai, the former base of the Beiyang Fleet, on Thursday, which marked the 126th anniversary of the First Sino-Japanese War, commonly known in China as the Jiawu War. (National center of the underwater cultural heritage of the National Cultural Heritage Administration/Handout via Xinhua)

Photo taken on Sept. 19, 2020 shows a flight featuring the mascot of China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. The CIIE-themed airplane of China Southern Airlines made its debut here and made its maiden flight from Guangzhou to Shanghai on Saturday. (Xinhua)

A child experiences a science popularization device at Yangzhou Science and Technology Museum in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 19, 2020. The 16th National Science Popularization Day kicked off on Saturday. Activities to popularize science started Saturday across the country and will last until Sept. 25. (Photo by Meng Delong/Xinhua)

Dong Yue, the secretary of the Hedong village branch of the Communist Party of China, plays with his daughter after a day's work in the woods of Hedong Village in Yiyuan County, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 10, 2020.

The 35-year-old Dong Yue was dispatched to the village to take on this responsibility from the hydraulic department of Zibo City in July, 2019. With no one in the family to help them take care of their daughter Yiyi, Dong Yue and his wife decided to take turns to look after the girl.

During the week of Dong Yue's turn, he always brings his daughter to the village and takes her everywhere he goes. In the day time, the girl accompanies her father to visit villagers and carry out all kinds of work. During the night, Dong Yue takes care of his daughter as carefully as a mother. A year has passed by, and Yiyi witnessed the construction of village roads and a cultural square, as well as other improvements under the lead of her father. For Dong Yue and Yiyi, life in the village was sometimes hard but always full and meaningful. It probably will become one of the most unforgettable memories in their lives. (Photo by Zhao Dongshan/Xinhua)

The quadruplet girls do homework at the door at home due to a power cut in Shangbao Village, Ganzhou City of east China's Jiangxi Province, May 25, 2016. Wu Nianyou, a farmer in Shangbao Village of Ganzhou City, and his wife saw their quadruplet daughters come to the world on a morning in September 2010. They named their daughters Wu Mengling, Wu Mengting, Wu Mengyun and Wu Mengqin, who became their worry to raise up with little income only from the fields. Being premature babies, the girls were in poor health conditions which needed lots of money to treat. With the help of the local government and society, the family overcame their difficulties in the hardest two years of their life. Basic living allowances were given to the girls and the couple were offered jobs near their home. Henhouse, duck shed and fish pool were built near their house by the local government as ways to increase their income, and a three-layer house was built in 2016 with the help of local policy. On Jan. 1, 2019, the family shook off poverty and now live a better life. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2020 shows the site of a featured food cultural festival in Pingluo County of Shizuishan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The featured food cultural festival, consisting of a variety of activities like artistic performances, featured food selection, farm products show, etc, kicked off here on Saturday. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)

Photo taken on Sept. 18, 2020 shows the Bobcat fire in Los Angeles County, California, the United States. The Bobcat Fire started on Sept. 6 in the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County. (Xinhua)

Volunteers collect rubbish as they participate in an International Coastal Cleanup Day activity along the coast of Manila Bay in Manila, the Philippines on Sept. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

Palestinian youths practice parkour during the lockdown amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in the southern Gaza Strip City of Khan Younis, Sept. 18, 2020. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

The Dinner in the Sky restaurant is seen in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 18, 2020. This year, the Dinner in the Sky restaurant has set up eight individual tables at a height of 50 meters in Brussels, allowing up to 32 customers to dine in midair. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs during the Summer Night Concert at the Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria, Sept. 18, 2020.

The Summer Night Concert 2020 was staged on Friday by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at the Schoenbrunn Palace, a world heritage site in Vienna. The seating capacity this year has been greatly reduced due to COVID-19. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)■