Today's best photos: from Frankie the Dinosaur to a remote-controlled cockroach

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

Frankie the Dinosaur, mascot of the United Nations Development Program "Don’t Choose Extinction" visits Times Square spreading his climate-related message in New York on September 21, 2022. (Photo by Alex Kent / AFP)

The rings of Neptune and a series of bright spots in the southern hemisphere of the planet that represent high-altitude methane-ice clouds. AFP

A craftsman works on unusual rattan coffins at Trangsan hamlet in Sukoharjo, Indonesia. AFP

The Soyuz booster rocket lifts off from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying NASA astronaut Francisco Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin to the International Space Station. EPA

Afghan children work in a brick factory on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Aid agencies say the number of children working in Afghanistan is growing following the Taliban takeover. AP Photo

A child climbs a palm tree to pick dates during the annual harvest season at Dahshur, Egypt. Egypt produces nearly 18 per cent of the world's dates, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation. EPA

A researcher shows a Madagascar hissing cockroach, mounted with a 'backpack' of electronics and a solar cell that enable remote control of its movement, at the Thin-Film Device Laboratory of Japanese research institution Riken, in Wako. Reuters

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