Best photos of October 14: Record breaking mountaineer to a museum in Mexico

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Minima Sherpa, father of 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa, the youngest person to scale all the world’s 14 highest peaks, celebrates with his family upon his son's arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo / Niranjan Shrestha)

Pigeons fly past a statue of Guanyin, a deity venerated in Buddhism for her compassion, at a temple in Keelung, Taiwan. Reuters

A visitor inspects a Saudia Airlines electric vertical take-off and landing Lilium jet on display during the Global Logistics Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. AFP

Resident Kerry Flynn, right, and a friend walk past a damaged home and the displaced roof of their mobile home community's tiki hut after Hurricane Milton blew through Manasota Key in Englewood, Florida. AP

Revellers ride on the Diamond and Flower ferris wheel at sunset in Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo. AFP

A Palestine mountain gazelle in the wilderness near the village of Dura Al Qara, north-east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. AFP

Taiwanese Navy Kuang Hua VI-class missile boats sail into Keelung harbour in the north of the island. AFP

Nasser Al Dhuwayyan of Team AlUla, left, faces Abdullah Almushraf of Team Al Shabab in the Youth Men's Taekwondo -48kg Round of 16 bout on Day 12 of the Saudi Games 2024 in Riyadh. Getty Images

Visitors line up at the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City. AFP