New buses are lined up for export at a port in Lianyungang, in east China's Jiangsu province, on November 4th, 2018. Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged today to widen access to China's economy, a promise delivered amid growing foreign accusations that his government was backtracking on grand reform promises.
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Female members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army honor guard wait to greet Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio during a welcome ceremony in the Great Hall of the People on August 30th, 2018, in Beijing, China.
Migrants carry the flag of Honduras while on a caravan of immigrants en route to the Mexican border on October 18th, 2018, in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Miss Chinatown USA Jasmine Lee holds a piglet while ushering in the Chinese New Year on February 5th, 2019, in San Francisco, California.
Candidates cheer for themselves before sitting the National College Entrance Examination (a.k.a. Gaokao) outside an exam site on June 7th, 2018.
A woman picks roses inside a greenhouse at Wildfire Flowers on February 13th, 2019, in Naivasha, Kenya.
People walk through a flooded shopping mall in the Heng Fa Chuen district during Super Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong, China, on September 16th, 2018.
