Xinhua photos of the day

People fly kites during the 7th edition of Gozo International Kite and Wind Festival in the village of Gharb on the island of Gozo, Malta, on Oct. 19, 2024.
The two-day event kicked off here on Oct. 19. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows the skyline during early morning in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Tu Ming)

People flee from Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, after the Israeli army asked them to leave a school where they had sought refuge, on Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)

This year’s first “Jinbo” China-Europe freight train arrives at the Minhang Station in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 20, 2024.
The first “Jinbo” China-Europe freight train carrying exhibits for the 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE) arrived at the Minhang Station in Shanghai on Oct. 20, marking the fourth consecutive year that CIIE exhibition products have been transported to Shanghai via the China-Europe freight train service.
“Jinbo” is short for CIIE in Chinese. The train, which traveled more than 11,000 km over 21 days, is loaded with 76 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers of goods valued at about 100 million yuan (about 14.08 million U.S. dollars), including cosmetics and mechanical equipment. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

A tourist takes pictures of autumn leaves in the Gubei Water Town in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

Jewish worshipers gather to perform the annual Cohanim prayer during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, at the Western Wall in the old city of Jerusalem, Oct. 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

Visually impaired runners Yuan Jiale (R) and Huang Zimao show their medals after finishing the 5km race with their guides in Tianjin Marathon 2024 in north China’s Tianjin, Oct. 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

People visit an immersive fashion show during the closing of the 2025 Spring/Summer Shanghai Fashion Week in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Chen Haoming/Xinhua)

Smoke billows following Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (R) takes the oath during the presidential inauguration ceremony at the parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 20, 2024.
Indonesia’s former army general, Prabowo Subianto, was sworn in as the country’s eighth president on Oct. 20 morning at the parliament building, succeeding Joko Widodo, who led the world’s fourth most populous nation for the past decade. (Photo by Rivan Awal Lingga/Xinhua)