• Hot air balloons decorated with traditional motifs are prepared for launch during the annual balloon festival held to celebrate Eid Al Fitr at Semayu village in Wonosobo, Central Java, Indonesia. AFP
    Hot air balloons decorated with traditional motifs are prepared for launch during the annual balloon festival held to celebrate Eid Al Fitr at Semayu village in Wonosobo, Central Java, Indonesia. AFP
  • Sheikh Tamim, Emir of Qatar, attends funeral prayers for the military officials killed in a helicopter crash in Qatar's territorial waters according to the interior ministry, in Doha, Qatar. Reuters
    Sheikh Tamim, Emir of Qatar, attends funeral prayers for the military officials killed in a helicopter crash in Qatar's territorial waters according to the interior ministry, in Doha, Qatar. Reuters
  • A woman with her face painted takes part in a procession of Catrinas wearing the Mexican World Cup national football team jersey in Mexico City. AFP
    A woman with her face painted takes part in a procession of Catrinas wearing the Mexican World Cup national football team jersey in Mexico City. AFP
  • Lightning forks across the sky during a thunderstorm over Doha. AFP
    Lightning forks across the sky during a thunderstorm over Doha. AFP
  • Emergency crews work around an Air Canada Express jet that had collided with a ground vehicle at New York's La Guardia Airport in Queens, New York. Reuters
    Emergency crews work around an Air Canada Express jet that had collided with a ground vehicle at New York's La Guardia Airport in Queens, New York. Reuters
  • Dismay for Arsenal's English midfielder Bukayo Saka, right, as Manchester City midfielder Nico O'Reilly celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the English League Cup final football match at Wembley Stadium in London. AFP
    Dismay for Arsenal's English midfielder Bukayo Saka, right, as Manchester City midfielder Nico O'Reilly celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the English League Cup final football match at Wembley Stadium in London. AFP
  • Fire services monitor the scene after four Hatzolah ambulances were set on fire next to Machzike Hadath Synagogue, in London, England. The Metropolitan Police said they are treating the incident as an anti-Semitic hate crime. Getty Images
    Fire services monitor the scene after four Hatzolah ambulances were set on fire next to Machzike Hadath Synagogue, in London, England. The Metropolitan Police said they are treating the incident as an anti-Semitic hate crime. Getty Images
  • Colombia's Natalia Linares celebrates silver with mascot Goosia in the women's final long jump event during the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in Torun, Poland. AFP
    Colombia's Natalia Linares celebrates silver with mascot Goosia in the women's final long jump event during the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in Torun, Poland. AFP
  • A man stands near the crater the day after an Israeli air strike on the Qasmiyeh Bridge on a main motorway linking villages in the Tyre district with others farther north, after Israel said the bridge was being used by Hezbollah, in southern Lebanon. AFP
    A man stands near the crater the day after an Israeli air strike on the Qasmiyeh Bridge on a main motorway linking villages in the Tyre district with others farther north, after Israel said the bridge was being used by Hezbollah, in southern Lebanon. AFP

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Best Photos of March 23: hot air balloon festival in Central Java to Qasmiyeh Bridge in Lebanon

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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March 23, 2026

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Updated: March 23, 2026, 10:03 AM
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