BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

Visitors take photos of giant panda Yuan Zai at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, July 6, 2020. Yuan Zai, the female cub of giant panda Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan as goodwill gifts to Taiwan by the Chinese mainland, celebrated its seventh birthday in Taipei on Monday. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

Visitors wearing face masks look at the painting Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum on its reopening day in Paris, France, July 6, 2020. After three and a half months of closure, the Louvre, one of the most visited museums in the world, reopened on Monday to the public, without lengthy queues of visitors as before the COVID-19 pandemic. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

Honor guards attend the celebration of Statehood Day in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 6, 2020. The Statehood Day is an annual public holiday in Lithuania celebrated on July 6 to commemorate the coronation in 1253 of Mindaugas as the King of Lithuania. (Photo by Alfredas Pliadis/Xinhua)

A staff member prepares at an exam site in Jiangbei District, southwest China's Chongqing, July 6, 2020. This year's gaokao, or the national college entrance exam will start on July 7. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

Aerial photo taken on July 6, 2020 shows a railway bridge along the Anshun-Liupanshui railway in southwest China's Guizhou Province. The Anshun-Liupanshui intercity railway, with a designed speed of 250 km per hour, is being prepared for opening. The railway will shorten the travel time between Guiyang and Liupanshui from the current 3.5 hours to about 1 hour, and Liupanshui City will be fully connected with the national high-speed rail network. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

Staff members tie ropes between street lamps as a warning sign in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 6, 2020. Several provincial-level regions have upgraded their flood response levels, as of Monday, after heavy rains swelled rivers and lakes in many parts of China. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

A museum worker wearing a face mask, a face shield and gloves walks past an artwork during an exhibition at the New Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Russia, July 6, 2020. Russia recorded 6,611 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 687,862, the country's coronavirus response center said in a statement Monday. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)

Moroccan Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani (R, Front) inspects a college entrance exam in Rabat, Morocco, July 6, 2020. (Photo by Chadi/Xinhua)

Photo taken on July 3, 2020 shows the night view of Jiefang Pavilion inside a scenic spot in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)

The sightseeing platform of Longwang Temple is flooded in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, July 6, 2020. Wuhan on Monday upgraded its emergency response for flood control from Grade III to Grade II, the second-highest of the four-tier system. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

A cameraman works during a Serie A football match between FC Inter and Bologna in Milan, Italy, July 5, 2020. (Photo by Daniele Mascolo/Xinhua)

A specialist prepares to vaccinate sheep against the sheep and goat plague in the countryside of Damascus, Syria, July 6, 2020. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)