Beijing, Jan. 8, 2020 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

Rescuers work at the air crash site of a Boeing 737 Ukrainian passenger plane in Parand district, southern Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2020. All the 179 passengers and crew members on board the Boeing 737 Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) on Wednesday morning were confirmed dead, Iran's Press TV reported. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a statement at the White House in Washington D.C. Jan. 8, 2020. Donald Trump said on Wednesday that no U.S. casualties have resulted from Iran's missiles attack against U.S. forces in Iraq on Tuesday, adding that the U.S. would impose additional sanctions against Tehran. (Xinhua/Hu Yousong)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles attend a press conference after a meeting of the College of Commissioners at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Jan. 8, 2020. Ursula Von der Leyen called on Wednesday for dialogue instead of war in the Middle East, saying that "the use of weapons must stop now." (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)

Russian President Vladimir Putin (3rd L), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (3rd R), Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (2nd R) and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov (2nd L) attend the inauguration ceremony of the TurkStream project in Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. 8, 2020. The TurkStream project will deliver Russian gas to Turkey and Europe. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2020 shows the car bomb explosion site in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia. At least two people were killed and more than ten others injured after a massive car bomb exploded at a busy checkpoint in Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, witnesses said. (Photo by Hassan Bashi/Xinhua)

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2020 shows a view of the torch relay for the 3rd Youth Winter Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 7, 2020 shows a night view of the 21st Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)

Villagers make and arrange red lanterns in Tuntou Village of Gaocheng District in Shijiazhuang City, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 7, 2020. As the Spring Festival approaches, lantern manufacturers in Gaocheng, which is known for its lantern production, are busy making red lanterns. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 8, 2020 shows the snow-covered terraced fields in Houchi Village of Shexian County, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

Members of China's 36th Antarctic expedition team collect buoys in the Cosmonauts Sea, Dec. 3, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping)

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 8, 2020 shows staff members on the sea patrol ship "Haixun 172" hanging up the old buoy in Qiongzhou Strait, south China. Staff members of the Haikou navigation mark office of the Navigation Guarantee Center of South China Sea (NGCS) of the Ministry of Transport updated the No. 1 buoy in Xiuying Port of Haikou by installing a telemetry and telecontrol unit based on Beidou Navigation Satellite System and Beidou AIS (Automatic Identification System) physical navigation mark on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

People perform during Orthodox Christmas celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 7, 2020. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

Senegalese football player Sadio Mane (R) receives the Player of the Year award during the 28th Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards in Hurghada, Egypt, on Jan. 7, 2020. Senegalese Liverpool star Sadio Mane was crowned on Tuesday as African Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2019. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

People walk past posters displaying sales information in Paris, France, Jan. 8, 2020. Winter sales in France kicked off on Wednesday and will last till Feb. 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

A woman carries plastic waste at a dumping site in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Jan. 8, 2020. A High Court Division bench in Bangladesh has directed the authorities concerned to ban single-use plastic products in coastal areas and hotels, motels and restaurants across the country within the next one year. (Str/Xinhua)■