BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

This file photo taken on Feb. 3, 2016 shows Masoumeh Ebtekar attending an event in Isfahan, Iran. Iran's Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar has caught the novel coronavirus, local media reported on Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)

An electronic screen shows the trading data at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, Feb. 27, 2020. U.S. stocks closed sharply lower on Thursday as investors fled the stocks market and flocked into safe-haven assets. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

A staff member conducts a chartered airplane of Shenzhen Airlines from Sichuan Province at Shenzhen Airport in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 27, 2020, Five chartered airplanes of Shenzhen Airlines carried returning workers back to work Thursday. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

A girl looks at an art display during the Orchid Show at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe of Illinois, the United States, on Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo by Joel Lerner/Xinhua)

Staff members transfer liquor at a warehouse in Baoji, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)

Peng Mouqiang prepares to leave for his shift at an epidemic prevention point of Jiefang Community in Yangdian Town, Xiaogan City, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

Workers work at the construction site of Tuanjie Grand Bridge of Renhuai-Zunyi Highway in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)

Aerial photo taken on Feb. 27, 2020 shows farmers working at Nanxi District of Yibin City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Photo by Zhuang Geer/Xinhua)

People visit the digital exhibition titled "Monet, Renoir...Chagall: Journeys around the Mediterranean" during a press preview in Paris, France, Feb. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

Malaysia's interim Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Feb. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

A visitor is seen at French shoe designer Christian Louboutin's exhibition at the Palais de la Porte Doree in Paris, France, Feb. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

People wear face masks in Milan, Italy, Feb. 26, 2020. A total of 400 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Italy till Wednesday evening. The government has placed 11 towns, 10 in Lombardy and one in Veneto, under lockdown in an effort to contain the epidemic. (Photo by Daniele Mascolo/Xinhua)

A staff member works in a factory of an automobile company in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Shao Rui)