BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
Participants attend the China Development Forum 2026 in Beijing, capital of China, March 22, 2026. The China Development Forum 2026 kicked off in Beijing on Sunday. The theme of this year's forum is “China in Its 15th Five-Year Plan Period: Advancing High-Quality Development and Creating New Opportunities Together.” (Xinhua/Li Xin)
This photo taken on March 22, 2026 shows a scene of a folk show staged on the Liangma River in Beijing, capital of China, March 22, 2026. Featuring bamboo rafts linking end to end like a golden dragon, the folk show from Yangshuo of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region lighted up the night in Beijing. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)
An aerial drone photo taken on March 22, 2026 shows ducks swimming in the Songhua River in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Zhang Shu/Xinhua)
People jog at an agricultural demonstration park in Lizi Village, Taiji Town, Qianjiang District, southwest China's Chongqing, March 22, 2026. (Photo by Yang Min/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on March 20, 2026 shows fields of cole flowers in Bomi County of Nyingchi City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Purbu Tsering)
This photo taken on March 22, 2026 shows debris of a building damaged after a missile strike in Arad, Israel. The missile strikes from Iran on March 21 injured 175 people, including 10 seriously wounded, in the southern Israeli cities of Arad and Dimona. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)
Hot air balloons fly above the Lake Burley Griffin during the annual Canberra Balloon Spectacular in Canberra, Australia, March 22, 2026. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)
Colombian President Gustavo Petro (L) shakes hands with Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi during the 10th summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Bogota, Colombia, March 21, 2026. (Photo by Andres Moreno/Xinhua)
Fishermen fish in their boat on Lake Victoria at sunset in Kisumu, Kenya, Feb. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)
Athletes start in front of the Colosseum during Run Rome the Marathon in Rome, Italy, March 22, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Kaiyan)■