PHOTOS OF THE DAY

Nurse Zhang Liuping feeds a newborn at the neonatology department of the People’s Hospital of Rong’an in Rong’an County of Liuzhou, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 1, 2021. On the first day of 2021, many workers stuck to their post to mark New Year. (Photo by Tan Kexing/Xinhua)

Villagers wearing traditional costumes perform folk dance at the Danzhai Wanda Town in Danzhai County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Jan. 1, 2021. Many people came to visit Danzhai Wanda Town to experience the Miao ethnic custom on the New Year’s Day. (Photo by Huang Xiaohai/Xinhua)

Journalists work to cover the arrival of the year of 2021 during the New Year celebration on Times Square in New York, the United States, Jan. 1, 2021. The Times Square New Year celebration went virtual, with no public audience physically attending the event, to help avoid the spread of COVID-19. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

Medical workers deal with swab samples at a coronavirus testing site in Tiexi District of Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, Jan. 1, 2021. On Thursday, Shenyang started conducting nucleic acid tests for all its residents in nine districts. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)