BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 25, 2025 shows the scenery of Mount Fanjing in Tongren City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Photo by Li He/Xinhua)An aerial drone photo taken on April 19, 2025 shows the Jade Lake in Mangya, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Qinghai Province. Because of the difference in its depth and the concentration of minerals in the water, the Jade Lake takes on a number of hues, making it a popular scenic spot. (Xinhua/Wang Bo)Egrets perch on the top of bamboo in Zhuxi Township, Dazu District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, April 20, 2025. This spring more than a thousand egrets have come to inhabit along the Laixi River in Zhuxi Township, a result of continuous ecological protection efforts of local government. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)Zeng Fanbo of Beijing Ducks celebrates after winning the playoff 2nd round match between Beijing Ducks and Beijing Royal Fighters at the 2024-2025 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Beijing, capital of China, April 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Kaiyan)A man prays in Metropolitan Cathedral, where Pope Francis, as Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, used to perform mass, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died Monday at the age of 88, said the Vatican in a statement. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Francis was head of the Roman Catholic Church since 2013. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)People practice archery during the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Irwindale, Los Angeles County, the United States, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Qiu Chen/Xinhua)A man splashes water onto a woman during the traditional Easter celebration in Holloko, Hungary, on April 21, 2025. Local people from Holloko, which was inscribed on the World Heritage List, celebrate Easter with the traditional "watering of the girls," a Hungarian tribal fertility ritual rooted in the area's pre-Christian past. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)People check the Farwah market after U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 21, 2025. The death toll from fresh U.S. airstrikes on a crowded market in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Sunday evening has risen to 12, with at least 30 others wounded, Houthi-controlled health authorities said in a statement. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)