Today's best photos: from the metaverse to the State of the Union – in pictures

  • A visitor tries a screen called ‘metaverse service' at the GSMA's 2022 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Reuters
    A visitor tries a screen called ‘metaverse service' at the GSMA's 2022 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Reuters
  • A devotee dressed as Hindu god Shiva participates in a procession on the eve of Shivratri festival, in Jammu, India. AP Photo
    A devotee dressed as Hindu god Shiva participates in a procession on the eve of Shivratri festival, in Jammu, India. AP Photo
  • A Ukrainian child in a car stuck in traffic, as her family drives towards the Polish border to escape the conflict in their country. AFP
    A Ukrainian child in a car stuck in traffic, as her family drives towards the Polish border to escape the conflict in their country. AFP
  • Boys take part in an open-air training session with martial arts coach Hassan Mansour in Barada Valley, a suburb of Damascus. Reuters
    Boys take part in an open-air training session with martial arts coach Hassan Mansour in Barada Valley, a suburb of Damascus. Reuters
  • Muslim worshippers flock as a priest displays a relic, believed to be a hair from the Prophet Mohammed's beard, during Miraj-Ul-Alam (ascension to heaven) in Srinagar, Kashmir. AFP
    Muslim worshippers flock as a priest displays a relic, believed to be a hair from the Prophet Mohammed's beard, during Miraj-Ul-Alam (ascension to heaven) in Srinagar, Kashmir. AFP
  • A family surveys a flooded street in Lawrence, 70 kilometres from the New South Wales town of Lismore, Australia. AFP
    A family surveys a flooded street in Lawrence, 70 kilometres from the New South Wales town of Lismore, Australia. AFP
  • Anti-war protesters demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in Mexico City to show support for the people of Ukraine. Reuters
    Anti-war protesters demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in Mexico City to show support for the people of Ukraine. Reuters
  • The chamber of the House of Representatives at the Capitol in Washington, where US President Joe Biden will deliver his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. AP Photo
    The chamber of the House of Representatives at the Capitol in Washington, where US President Joe Biden will deliver his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. AP Photo