Today's best photos: from West Bank conflict to Hurricane Ian - in pictures

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

Israeli soldiers take position in clashes with Palestinian demonstrators following a protest against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kafr Qaddum in the occupied West Bank. AFP

People gather for a rally and a concert at Red Square in central Moscow to mark the annexation of four regions of Ukraine - Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia -occupied by Russia. AFP

Iraqi anti-government demonstrators clash with security forces during a protest on the Jumhuriya (Republic) bridge leading to Baghdad's high-security Green Zone. AFP

Residents cross the Donets river next to a destroyed bridge in Staryi Saltiv, east of Kharkiv, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. AFP

South Korean soldiers take part in media events to mark the 74th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at a military base in Gyeryong on September 29. Armed Forces Day is observed on October 1. Reuters

Firecrackers burst as people take part in a procession during the annual vegetarian festival observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Takua Pa in Phang Nga province, Thailand. Reuters

Rescuers look for survivors after 13 people were trapped when a four-storey medical building collapsed in Baghdad's Karrada district. EPA

Wind gusts, blowing down King Street, twist umbrellas during Hurricane Ian in Charleston, South Carolina. AP

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