• Lightning strikes over Kuwait City during a thunderstorm. AFP
    Lightning strikes over Kuwait City during a thunderstorm. AFP
  • A French veteran is helped across an old trench as he visits Him Lam hill ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam. AFP
    A French veteran is helped across an old trench as he visits Him Lam hill ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam. AFP
  • An Israeli tank with the Gaza Strip in the background, as seen from southern Israel. AP
    An Israeli tank with the Gaza Strip in the background, as seen from southern Israel. AP
  • Firefighters douse the flames after a blaze broke out at a market in Erbil, the capital of northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
    Firefighters douse the flames after a blaze broke out at a market in Erbil, the capital of northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
  • Floodwater surrounds the Estadio Beira-Rio after the Guaiba river burst its banks in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Getty Images
    Floodwater surrounds the Estadio Beira-Rio after the Guaiba river burst its banks in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Getty Images
  • A video screen shows Sporting CP's manager Ruben Amorim celebrating with thousands of fans after winning the Portuguese football league, in Lisbon. AP
    A video screen shows Sporting CP's manager Ruben Amorim celebrating with thousands of fans after winning the Portuguese football league, in Lisbon. AP
  • ‘Australia We Are With You’: Members of the surfing community protesting after two Australians and a US surfer went missing last week in the sea in Ensenada, Baja California state, Mexico. AFP
    ‘Australia We Are With You’: Members of the surfing community protesting after two Australians and a US surfer went missing last week in the sea in Ensenada, Baja California state, Mexico. AFP
  • Graduates stand during the conferring of degrees as part of commencement ceremonies for Northeastern University at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. EPA
    Graduates stand during the conferring of degrees as part of commencement ceremonies for Northeastern University at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. EPA
  • A huge sandcastle is built at Haeundae Beach in Busan, South Korea, on the last day of a long weekend to mark the Children's Day holiday. EPA
    A huge sandcastle is built at Haeundae Beach in Busan, South Korea, on the last day of a long weekend to mark the Children's Day holiday. EPA

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Today's best photos: From lightning over Kuwait to a sandcastle in South Korea

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

The National

May 06, 2024

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Updated: May 06, 2024, 11:36 AM