• Boatmen collect dead fish from a reservoir in Dong Nai province, Vietnam, with a brutal heatwave and the lake's management being blamed for the death toll. AFP
    Boatmen collect dead fish from a reservoir in Dong Nai province, Vietnam, with a brutal heatwave and the lake's management being blamed for the death toll. AFP
  • Tourists observe hundreds of sea lions gathered at a pier in San Francisco. AP
    Tourists observe hundreds of sea lions gathered at a pier in San Francisco. AP
  • People in character take part in the media call for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga at Circular Quay in Sydney. Getty Images
    People in character take part in the media call for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga at Circular Quay in Sydney. Getty Images
  • Police block protesters from marching towards the American embassy during a rally in Manila against joint exercises by the Philippines and the US in the South China Sea. EPA
    Police block protesters from marching towards the American embassy during a rally in Manila against joint exercises by the Philippines and the US in the South China Sea. EPA
  • A pro-Palestinian protester hurls a tear-gas canister towards police after it landed among his group at the University of South Florida, in Tampa. AP
    A pro-Palestinian protester hurls a tear-gas canister towards police after it landed among his group at the University of South Florida, in Tampa. AP
  • Dancers perform the traditional Indonesian Reog dance, commemorating International Labour Day in Jakarta. AFP
    Dancers perform the traditional Indonesian Reog dance, commemorating International Labour Day in Jakarta. AFP
  • A child looks at a barbed-wire fence in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, where the war between Israel and Hamas is now focused. AFP
    A child looks at a barbed-wire fence in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, where the war between Israel and Hamas is now focused. AFP
  • Performers take part in the traditional Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill, Edinburgh. AFP
    Performers take part in the traditional Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill, Edinburgh. AFP

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Today's best photos: From a heatwave in Vietnam to a fire festival in Edinburgh

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

The National

May 01, 2024

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Updated: May 01, 2024, 11:24 AM
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