Today's best photos: From traditional dancing in Burkina Faso to fighting dengue fever

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

A traditional mask dances during the Festimasq, the Festival des Masques in Pouni, Sanguie province, on March 30, 2024. To the jerky rhythm of drums and flutes, hundreds of people parade in Pouni, a rural commune in Burkina Faso, wearing large colorful masks: in this country undermined by jihadist violence, these mystical objects of transmission must now call for peace. (Photo by FANNY NOARO-KABRÉ / AFP)

Candles and flowers placed in front of Viertola School in tribute to victims in Vantaa after a 12-year-old opened fire. AFP

Firefighters rest after battling a fire that broke out at the Masquerade nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey. Getty Images

Muslims pray on Laylat Al Qadr (Night of Power), one of the holiest nights during Ramadan, at the shrine of Imam Musa Al Kadhim, Baghdad. AFP

Porters scramble to board a passenger ship at the Perak seaport in Surabaya as people flock to their hometowns ahead of Eid Al Fitr. AFP

Tourists from Switzerland look at the purple-coloured water of the Gipsbruchweiher pond in Fuessen, southern Germany. AFP

A shoe street seller uses her phone as she waits for customers in Hanoi. AFP

A Hindu devotee at the Chobar Machhindranath temple in Kirtipur on the outskirts of Kathmandu. AFP

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reacts at a joint press conference with the French Foreign Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. Reuters

People cut a fence for a group of migrants from South and Central America to enter into the US from, in El Paso, Texas. Reuters

A fighting cock shakes off water from his head after his owner gave him a bath to cool him down during a hot morning in Quezon city, Philippines. AP

Kashmiri Muslims offer afternoon prayers inside the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. EPA

A health worker releases mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacteria, which are expected to block the spread of dengue fever, in Rio de Janeiro. Reuters

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Updated: April 03, 2024, 1:54 PM