Best photos of March 26: Gazans protesting against Hamas to Northern Lights over Whitley Bay

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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  A slogan in Arabic reading (R): "Enough killing and destruction" and another reading (L): "The children of Palestine: We want to live" are displayed during a rally calling for an end to the war, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on March 25, 2025. Hundreds of Palestinians chanted anti-Hamas slogans at a protest in northern Gaza on March 25, calling for an end to the war with Israel, witnesses said. (Photo by AFP)

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  A banner depicts former Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as supporters gather to protest against his arrest as part of a corruption investigation. Reuters

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  Engravings dating to about 30,000 years ago on the so-called Panneau de la Decouverte (Discovery Panel) about 150 metres inside the Cussac cave in the Dordogne river valley near Le Buisson-de-Cadouin in Aquitaine, France. AFP

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  Citizens gather at the National Monument for the Martyrs of the Liberation War of Bangladesh in Savar, north-west of Dhaka, to mark the beginning of country’s independence campaign in 1971. AFP

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  Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra with coalition party members after she survived a no-confidence vote in parliament in Bangkok. Reuters

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  The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force frigate Noshiro docks at a naval base in Subic, Zambales province, Philippines. The Noshiro is in the Philippines for a three-day goodwill visit. EPA

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  The remains of pavilions burnt out by wildfires smoulder at the Gounsa temple in Uiseong, South Korea. AP

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  The sky is filled with colour from the aurora borealis, the Northern Lights, at St Mary's lighthouse in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, northern England. PA