• A handout photo made available by NASA shows NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, as it rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, 20 March 2026. NASA’s Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), around the Moon and back to Earth with launch opportunities beginning in April 2026. EPA / Aubrey Gemignani HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDITHANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES
    A handout photo made available by NASA shows NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, as it rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, 20 March 2026. NASA’s Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), around the Moon and back to Earth with launch opportunities beginning in April 2026. EPA / Aubrey Gemignani HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDITHANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES
  • A fan of K-pop group BTS is seen through messages written by others before The Comeback Live concert, mainly featuring the album Arirang, in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters
    A fan of K-pop group BTS is seen through messages written by others before The Comeback Live concert, mainly featuring the album Arirang, in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters
  • Models as part of an installation on the catwalk at the AK|OK Anamika Khanna show, during Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, India. Getty Images
    Models as part of an installation on the catwalk at the AK|OK Anamika Khanna show, during Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, India. Getty Images
  • A ninot, the name given to a traditional cardboard figure, is set ablaze at the culmination of the Fallas Festival in Valencia, Spain. AFP
    A ninot, the name given to a traditional cardboard figure, is set ablaze at the culmination of the Fallas Festival in Valencia, Spain. AFP
  • Thousands attend a job fair at an exhibition centre in Harbin, in Heilongjiang province, north-east China. AFP
    Thousands attend a job fair at an exhibition centre in Harbin, in Heilongjiang province, north-east China. AFP
  • Vapour trails are left in the sky high above the Almaty region of Kazakhstan. Reuters
    Vapour trails are left in the sky high above the Almaty region of Kazakhstan. Reuters
  • A robot drives over sea ice under the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights), during testing to evaluate the effects of the phenomenon on its navigation system, in Cambridge Bay, Canada. Reuters
    A robot drives over sea ice under the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights), during testing to evaluate the effects of the phenomenon on its navigation system, in Cambridge Bay, Canada. Reuters
  • Farmhands harvest strawberries at a field in Korba, Tunisia. EPA
    Farmhands harvest strawberries at a field in Korba, Tunisia. EPA

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Best photos of March 20: Nasa rocket in Florida to strawberry picking in Tunisia

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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March 20, 2026

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Updated: March 20, 2026, 8:46 AM
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