Best photos of March 12: From window cleaners in Abu Dhabi to Trump’s Tesla at the White House

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Window cleaners at work on Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National

A demonstrator with their face painted in the colours of the Tibetan flag marks Tibetan Women's Uprising Day, which commemorates the 1959 revolt against Chinese rule, in the city of Leh. AFP

Palaeontologist Anthony Romilio inspects a boulder stamped with fossilised dinosaur footprints outside a school in the town of Biloela, in central Queensland, Australia. AFP

Hindu devotees celebrate Masaan or Bhasma Holi with ashes from funeral pyres, along the banks of the Ganges at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi, India. AFP

Volkswagen cars ready for delivery in a glass tower at VW's Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany. Reuters

Surviving trees and new greenery appearing in the ruins of homes destroyed by the Eaton Fire, in Altadena, California, following recent rain. AFP

Martin Pfister, centre, after being elected as a Swiss government minister by the Federal Assembly in Bern. AFP

Skyscrapers shrouded in fog in Lianyungang, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP

Huang Yulong's giant sculptures stand on the harbourfront by the Hong Kong Observation Wheel. Getty Images

US President Donald Trump and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk stand next to a Tesla car as they address the press outside the White House in Washington. AFP