• Volunteers from faith-based charitable organisation Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha from Birmingham clean the gold plating of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. AFP
    Volunteers from faith-based charitable organisation Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha from Birmingham clean the gold plating of the Golden Temple in Amritsar. AFP
  • The monument of the Duke of Richelieu, in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa. EPA
    The monument of the Duke of Richelieu, in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa. EPA
  • Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. AFP
    Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. AFP
  • A woman and child wearing face masks on a street in Hong Kong, which reported 14,063 new coronavirus infections on Monday, the lowest in over three weeks. AP
    A woman and child wearing face masks on a street in Hong Kong, which reported 14,063 new coronavirus infections on Monday, the lowest in over three weeks. AP
  • A dispute arises as people start queue jumping at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka as they wait to buy kerosene oil amid a shortage of domestic gas. Reuters
    A dispute arises as people start queue jumping at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka as they wait to buy kerosene oil amid a shortage of domestic gas. Reuters
  • People gather at the Peak viewpoint to watch fog over Hong Kong. AFP
    People gather at the Peak viewpoint to watch fog over Hong Kong. AFP
  • Ukrainian servicemen stand guard at a military check point in Kyiv after at least eight people were killed in the bombing of a shopping centre. The 10-storey building was completely destroyed in the blast. AFP
    Ukrainian servicemen stand guard at a military check point in Kyiv after at least eight people were killed in the bombing of a shopping centre. The 10-storey building was completely destroyed in the blast. AFP
  • Men attempt to clean a room in an apartment building destroyed during an air raid in Kyiv, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Reuters
    Men attempt to clean a room in an apartment building destroyed during an air raid in Kyiv, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Reuters
  • An aerial picture shows cattle in the shallow waters of the Shatt Al-Arab river in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra. AFP
    An aerial picture shows cattle in the shallow waters of the Shatt Al-Arab river in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra. AFP
  • Michael Talamantez comforts his girlfriend Derry Schroer after Talamantez' house on Stratford Drive in Round Rock, Texas was destroyed by a severe storm, reported as a tornado, while they were inside on Monday March 21, 2022. "I thought I was going to die," he said. (Jay Janner / Austin American-Statesman via AP)
    Michael Talamantez comforts his girlfriend Derry Schroer after Talamantez' house on Stratford Drive in Round Rock, Texas was destroyed by a severe storm, reported as a tornado, while they were inside on Monday March 21, 2022. "I thought I was going to die," he said. (Jay Janner / Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Today's best photos: from the Golden Temple to a Texas tornado

‘The National’ picks the most striking images from around the world

The National

March 22, 2022

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