• A rendered timelapse image shows circumpolar stars over some windmills taken from La Lora wasteland in Cantabria, Spain, early 31 May 2022. EPA / Pedro Puente Hoyos
    A rendered timelapse image shows circumpolar stars over some windmills taken from La Lora wasteland in Cantabria, Spain, early 31 May 2022. EPA / Pedro Puente Hoyos
  • Boys jumping off and swimming by an old wreck in the Shatt Al Arab waterway, at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in Basra, Iraq. AFP
    Boys jumping off and swimming by an old wreck in the Shatt Al Arab waterway, at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in Basra, Iraq. AFP
  • A group of South Korean Marines posing for a photo before they set sail on an amphibious assault ship, the 'Marado', from a naval base on Jeju Island, South Korea. EPA
    A group of South Korean Marines posing for a photo before they set sail on an amphibious assault ship, the 'Marado', from a naval base on Jeju Island, South Korea. EPA
  • The inauguration of a skatepark, a first in Libya, in the capital Tripoli. AFP
    The inauguration of a skatepark, a first in Libya, in the capital Tripoli. AFP
  • South Korean actor Song Kang-ho, right, who won Best Actor Prize for his part in 'Broker' at the Cannes Film Festival, prepares to walk on stage towards the end of a press conference for the film in Seoul. AFP
    South Korean actor Song Kang-ho, right, who won Best Actor Prize for his part in 'Broker' at the Cannes Film Festival, prepares to walk on stage towards the end of a press conference for the film in Seoul. AFP
  • A training session for female special forces at their base camp in the forest near Demoso in Myanmar's eastern Kayah state. AFP
    A training session for female special forces at their base camp in the forest near Demoso in Myanmar's eastern Kayah state. AFP
  • A worker produces fibre netting at a factory in Binzhou in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
    A worker produces fibre netting at a factory in Binzhou in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
  • Model maker Paula Young places a model of Queen Elizabeth during a jubilee photo call at Legoland Windsor in Windsor, England. The resort's platinum jubilee display includes approximately 18,000 bricks and took around 280 hours to build. Getty Images
    Model maker Paula Young places a model of Queen Elizabeth during a jubilee photo call at Legoland Windsor in Windsor, England. The resort's platinum jubilee display includes approximately 18,000 bricks and took around 280 hours to build. Getty Images

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Today's best photos: from timelapsed stars to a Lego Buckingham Palace

'The National' picks the most striking images from around the world

The National

May 31, 2022

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Updated: May 31, 2022, 1:51 PM
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