Since 2012, China Daily has chosen a selection of powerful and evocative pictures, from tens of thousands of images taken throughout the course of each year. The pictures were published in China Daily’s printed and digital media at home and overseas, and also in other major media, enabling readers around the world to share China’s most iconic moments in a developing world. Let’s look forward to better pictures in the new year.
FENG YO
President Xi Jinping poses for a group photo with leaders of Pacific island countries, which have all established diplomatic relations with China, in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, Nov 16, 2018.
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A plane flies across a full moon that provides a timely backdrop to Wanchun Pavilion in Beijing, Sept 23, 2018.
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Media visit the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Section before opening to traffic, Oct 19, 2018.
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Rescue ships work to extinguish the fire on the Panama-registered oil tanker Sanchi, which went ablaze after a collision with a Chinese freight ship in the East China Sea, Jan 10, 2018.
A changing styles fashion show, part of th ing the 40th anniversary of the country’s r National Museum of China in Beijing, Nov