• A young man throws a paper plane at the Museum of Tomorrow during the World Paper Plane Championship, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 April 2022. A total of eight competitors participated, four for the longest distance modality and another equal number for the duration time in the air. The champions will meet in Austria next May, when they will face rivals from 61 countries around the world whom they hope to overcome with their skills in the sixth edition of the World Paper Plane Championship. EPA / Antonio Lacerda
    A young man throws a paper plane at the Museum of Tomorrow during the World Paper Plane Championship, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 April 2022. A total of eight competitors participated, four for the longest distance modality and another equal number for the duration time in the air. The champions will meet in Austria next May, when they will face rivals from 61 countries around the world whom they hope to overcome with their skills in the sixth edition of the World Paper Plane Championship. EPA / Antonio Lacerda
  • Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal poses on the red carpet at the premiere of 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles. EPA
    Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal poses on the red carpet at the premiere of 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles. EPA
  • Dancers learn choreography they will need to perform as part of an open audition for the 2022 Radio City Rockettes, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. EPA
    Dancers learn choreography they will need to perform as part of an open audition for the 2022 Radio City Rockettes, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. EPA
  • Military personnel and veterans who have been injured in sevice compete during the 100 metres race on the third day of the Invictus Games in The Hague, The Netherlands. EPA
    Military personnel and veterans who have been injured in sevice compete during the 100 metres race on the third day of the Invictus Games in The Hague, The Netherlands. EPA
  • A large poster of the Lebanese candidates for the parliamentary elections at Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon. The elections are scheduled for May 15. EPA
    A large poster of the Lebanese candidates for the parliamentary elections at Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon. The elections are scheduled for May 15. EPA
  • Protesters shout slogans during the day and night protest in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka. EPA
    Protesters shout slogans during the day and night protest in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka. EPA
  • Destroyed buildings in Irpin, Ukraine. Getty Images
    Destroyed buildings in Irpin, Ukraine. Getty Images
  • US President Joe Biden, alongside Jill Biden and the Easter Bunny, speaks about the Easter holiday and the traditional White House Easter Egg roll at the White House in Washington, DC. AFP
    US President Joe Biden, alongside Jill Biden and the Easter Bunny, speaks about the Easter holiday and the traditional White House Easter Egg roll at the White House in Washington, DC. AFP
  • An aircraft flies above Iraq's southern city of Basra past the waning gibbous moon. AFP
    An aircraft flies above Iraq's southern city of Basra past the waning gibbous moon. AFP
  • Daniel Boima, a trumpet player with the Area 10 scouts brass band, poses for a portrait in Freetown. Brass bands have a long history in Sierra Leone. AFP
    Daniel Boima, a trumpet player with the Area 10 scouts brass band, poses for a portrait in Freetown. Brass bands have a long history in Sierra Leone. AFP
  • Two Afghan children stand amid piles of rubbish next to their home in Kabul. AP
    Two Afghan children stand amid piles of rubbish next to their home in Kabul. AP
  • Riders dressed as knights take part in the International Jousting Tournament, held at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, northern England. AFP
    Riders dressed as knights take part in the International Jousting Tournament, held at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, northern England. AFP

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Today's best photos: from a paper plane championship to a jousting tournament

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

The National

April 19, 2022

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