Today's best photos: From dragon boats to King Charles III's birthday parade rehearsals

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Revelers paddle as they participate in a dragon boat race to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in Taipei, Taiwan, 08 June 2024. The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanwu Festival, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar in honor of Qu Yuan, an ancient Chinese poet and statesman. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO

A newly ordained Catholic priest is hurled into the air by friends and family outside the Duomo Cathedral in Milan, Italy. AP Photo

Netherlands' Diede de Groot, right, is congratulated by China's Zhang Zhizhen after winning the women's wheelchair final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, on June 8. AP Photo

French President Emmanuel Macron and US leader Joe Biden stand by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. AP Photo

An asthma patient receives traditional 'fish medicine' in Hyderabad, India, from the Bathini Goud family, whose secret formula of herbs is handed down by generations. The herbs are inserted in the mouth of a live sardine and slipped into the patient's throat. AP Photo

Youths in Al Indiyah, east of Karbala, cool off in the waters of Iraq's Euphrates river during a heatwave. AFP

A tourist walks down the stairs leading to the Fujisan Yumeno Ohashi, or Mount Fuji Great Dream Bridge, as Mount Fuji looms in the background in Fuji City, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, on June 8. EPA

Team Bora's Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic in the overall leader's yellow jersey cycles with the pack during the seventh stage of the 76th edition of the Criterium du Dauphine race in the French Alps. AFP

The sun shines through a hardy saguaro cactus in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday June 7. Millions of people in the US remain under heat alerts as temperature records are beaten in Phoenix and Las Vegas, Nevada. The temperature in Phoenix reached 45°C on June 6. AFP

No 9 Company of the Irish Guards take part in the Colonel's Review on Horse Guards Parade in London on Saturday June 8, before The King's Birthday Parade on June 15. AFP

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