BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.China's research icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, berths at a base dock in Shanghai, east China, April 8, 2025. China's research icebreaker Xuelong arrived in Shanghai on Tuesday, marking the completion of key missions in the country's 41st Antarctic expedition, according to a press conference held on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)Workers check a piece of equipment at a container terminal of Tianjin Port in north China's Tianjin, April 8, 2025. Tianjin Port handled over 5.71 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers in the first quarter of 2025, up 5.6 percent year on year. The port saw its cargo throughput reach 119 million tonnes during the period, up 1.4 percent year on year. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)A staff member adjusts the facial expression of a humanoid robot in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, March 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)Citizens take photos of cherry blossoms in a park in Wenzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 7, 2025. (Photo by Liu Jili/Xinhua)A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, on April 8, 2025. U.S. stocks closed sharply lower on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 320.01 points, or 0.84 percent, to close at 37,645.59. The S 500 fell 79.48 points, or 1.57 percent, to 4,982.77, narrowly avoiding a bear market. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite plunged 335.35 points, or 2.15 percent, to 15,267.91. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)People gather near the site of a nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, on April 8, 2025. At least 27 people were killed Tuesday when the roof of the Jet Set nightclub collapsed in Santo Domingo, authorities confirmed. (Str/Xinhua)This photo taken on March 29, 2025 shows a lemur leaping from one tree to another at the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in Madagascar. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)Shao Ziqin (1st L) of China scores with a header during the match between China and Thailand at 2025 CFA Team China International Women's Football Tournament Yongchuan in Chongqing, southwest China, April 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)