Photos of the Day

Taiwanese team members at the WSBC Premier12 super round lower their hats for the Chinese Taipei Olympic anthem and flag inside the Tokyo Dome on Thursday. Taiwan made it to the super round for the first time since the inception of the competition, and is playing against Venezuela in the first game. CNA photo Nov. 21, 2024

A scene from the Embers (餘燼), a 2024 Taiwanese crime drama, is being filmed in Pingtung. Director Chung Mong-hong (鍾孟宏) recently returned to his hometown to shoot some scenes for the movie. Photo courtesy of the Pingtung County government Nov. 20, 2024

Anjanette Kattil (second right), the ambassador of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the Republic of China, and Taiwan's Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) deputy head Calivat Gadu (鍾興華, second left) are among those attending a cultural and art exhibition jointly organized by the Marshall Islands embassy and the CIP. The show opened in Taipei on Wednesday and will run through Dec. 20. CNA photo Nov. 20, 2024

Team Taiwan captain Chen Chieh-hsien (left) receives a bouquet of flowers from a China Airlines' employee at Taoyuan International Airport on Tuesday. The Taiwanese baseball team departed that day for Tokyo, Japan to compete in the Super Round of the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12 tournament. CNA photo Nov. 19, 2024

Members of the Military Police Command's Quick Response Company demonstrate their skills on Challenger motorcycles at their base in Taipei on Tuesday. A total of 65 Challengers produced by the American firm Indian Motorcycle were acquired in 2023 and are a replacement for the Yamaha Royal Star motorcycles. CNA photo Nov. 19, 2024

Nantou County Magistrate Hsu Shu-hua gears up with goggles, gloves and a brush next to a toilet at the Jojozoo Park to mark World Toilet Day on Tuesday. The United Nations-recognized World Toilet Day aims to inspire action on global sanitation issues. Photo courtesy of the Nantou County government Nov. 19, 2024

Dogs roam around an enclosed shelter in Tainan's Rende District. On Monday, the city government opened the approximately one hectare site that can house around 200 strays awaiting adoption. CNA photo Nov. 18, 2024

Taiwanese musician Debby Wang (王思雅), former diplomat David Wu (吳建國) and Taiwan Digital Diplomacy Association chairperson Kuo Chia-yo (郭家佑) are showered with applause by 700 attendees at the "Paris Autumn Festival" in Paris on Saturday. The trio played dramatized versions of themselves in the Taiwan-Swiss theater production "This Is Not an Embassy." CNA photo Nov. 18, 2024

A firework display organized by Taiwan Mobile takes place near Sun Moon Lake on Saturday night, with a 300-second show lighting up the night sky. Photo courtesy of Sun Moon Lake National Scenic Area Administration Nov. 17, 2024

Elderly people styled in different outfits gather with young students at a publicity event for the 2024 Dance Up street dance festival hosted by the Pingtung County government on Sunday. Photo courtesy of Pingtung County Government Nov. 17, 2024