Selected Photos on March 23
A boy is seen near a tap in Sanaa, Yemen, on march 22, 2019, which is the World water Day. Yemen has suffered from grinding crisis of water after four years of deadly civil war. According to the UN, over 18 million Yemenis currently lack access to clean drinking water. (Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed)
Photo taken on march 18, 2019 shows the filter media as microbial carrier being used at a water purification station near Caesarea, Israel. (Xinhua/Guo Yu)
A student tries to purify the water during a water cycling experiment at Binhe Experimental Primary School in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, march 22, 2019, which is the World water Day. (Xinhua/Huan Yueliang)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attend a press conference in Jerusalem, on march 21, 2019. (Xinhua/JINI/Hadas Parush)
Children give performance during a gala marking the friendship between China and Italy in Rome, Italy, march 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Fireworks are seen at the closing ceremony of the 2019 Abu Dhabi Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, on march 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Xia Yifang)
Chinese pianist Lang Lang performs at the Museo del Prado as part of the ongoing celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the main Spanish national art museum in central Madrid, Spain, march 21, 2019. Lang Lang performed in the hall dedicated to Diego Velazquez, one of Spain's most famous and loved artists, and in the presence of Velazquez's most famous painting "Las Meninas". (Xinhua/Guo Qiuda)
Rika Kihira of Japan performs during the Ladies' free skating competition of 2019 ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, on march 22, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)
Visitors are seen at the Art Dubai exhibition in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on march 22, 2019. Art Dubai 2019, which brings together over 90 galleries from more than 40 countries and regions, is held in Dubai from march 20 to 23. (Xinhua/Mahmoud Khaled) (Xinhua/Mahmoud Khaled)
Photo taken on march 22, 2019 shows the gaint inflatable sculpture "Companion", brainchild of US artist and designer Brian Donnelly, at the Victoria Harbour for exhibition in Hong Kong, south China. (Xinhua)
A technician conducts aseptic propagation operation at the Kiwifruit tissue culture laboratory at National Kiwifruit Germplasm Repository of Wuhan Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, march 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
A conservator of the Potala Palace registers an ancient document in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Nov. 16, 2018. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)
Aerial photo taken on march 22, 2019 shows the site of an explosion at a chemical industrial park in Xiangshui County of Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province. The death toll from an explosion in a chemical plant in east China's Jiangsu Province has risen to 64 as of 7 a.m. Saturday, authorities said. The explosion happened at about 2:48 p.m. Thursday following a fire that broke out in a plant, owned by Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical Co. Ltd., in a chemical industrial park in Xiangshui County in the city of Yancheng. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)
People from the disaster-stricken area wait for donated food in Chimanimani, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe, march 22, 2019. (Xinhua/Shaun Jusa)
Producers: Zheng Wei, Wang Jianhua
Photo Editors: Wang Qingqin, Lin Liping, An Xiya, Wang Siwei, Miao Shijing