BEIJING, Nov. 3, 2019 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

Yang Chen-ning, a Nobel prize-winning physicist and also an initiator of the Xplorer Prize, speaks during the 2019 Xplorer Prize award ceremony in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 2, 2019. The 2019 Xplorer Prizeawards ceremony kicked off here on Saturday. The Xplorer Prize was jointly initiated by Tencent Chairman and CEO Pony Ma and 14 scientists in 2018 to support full-time Chinese mainland-based scientists under age of 45 in areas of fundamental science and cutting-edge technologies.

The 50 winners were from 26 organizations across China, including research institutions, universities and an enterprise. Nine of them were under the age of 35. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 2, 2019, to attend the upcoming second China International Import Expo (CIIE). (Xinhua/Gao Feng)

A man clears barricades at Queen's Road East in Hong Kong, south China, Nov. 2, 2019. Black-clad illegal protesters blocked roads and disrupted traffic at Queen's Road East on Saturday. A man braved the illegal protesters to clear the barricades out of the road. (Xinhua)

Mohamed Chorfi, head of the Algerian Independent Election Monitoring Authority (NIEMA), speaks at a press conference in Algiers, Algeria, on Nov. 2, 2019. The Algerian Independent Election Monitoring Authority (NIEMA) on Saturday announced that five candidates out of 23 have been approved to run for the presidential election on Dec. 12. (Xinhua)

ASEAN leaders attend the plenary session of the 35th summit in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 2, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

A child harvests cotton in Daman district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 27, 2019. In Afghanistan's Kandahar province where many farmers still highly depend on poppy opium to earn a living, some farmers revive hundreds of acres of fields after long years, to plant cotton instead of the illicit crop. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam/Xinhua)

A participant performs parkour for Sydney's Art & About Sydney program in Sydney, Australia, Nov. 2, 2019. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

A Palestinian inspects the rubbles following an Israeli airstrike, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Nov. 2, 2019. A Palestinian man was killed and two others wounded Saturday as Israeli warplanes pounded militants' facilities in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in response to earlier rocket fire. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria celebrates after the singles quarter-final match against Cristian Garin of Chile at the Rolex Paris Masters 1000 held at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France, Nov. 1, 2019. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua)

A man takes part in the Day of the Dead Parade in downtown Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on Nov. 2, 2019. Thousands of Mexicans attended the parade on Saturday. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

A worker inspects in a factory of Brose in Taicang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 30, 2019. Taicang has been making great efforts to improve business environment through facilitating administrative procedures for enterprises including registration, project approval and tax registration in recent years. As a result, Taicang has attracted investment of over 1,500 foreign enterprises. (Xinhua/Ding Hongfa)

A Nepalese devotee performs ritual prayers during Chhath Festival in a river bank in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Nov. 2, 2019. The Chhath festival is dedicated to the sun, which is regarded as a token of stability and prosperity, and a Vedic goddess "Chhathi Maiya." (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

Dancers perform during a dance show at the Shougang Park in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 2, 2019. A two-day dance show is held at the Shougang Park, a former steel plant, in Beijing. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) perform during the RCMP Musical Ride at the 2019 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, Canada, on Nov. 2, 2019. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)■