Best photos of April 24: Climate protest in London to astronauts in China

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Protesters demonstrate outside the Summit on the Future of Energy Security in London, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo / Frank Augstein)

Women queue outside a building where civilians are registering to vote for the first time in more than 50 years ahead of presidential elections planned for 2026, in Mogadishu, Somalia. Getty Images

Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II leads a service at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial on Genocide Remembrance Day in Yerevan. AFP

A ballistic missile above Kyiv during a Russian missile and drone strike. Reuters

People wait to view Pope Francis lying in state inside St Peter's Basilica. AP

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pays her respects to Pope Francis inside St Peter's Basilica. EPA

People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. AP

Chinese astronauts for the Shenzhou 20 mission, from right, Chen Zhongrui, Chen Dong and Wang Jie, wave as they attend a send-off ceremony for their manned space mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in north-western China. AP