Today's best photos: from Swiss artist's installation to Mexico balloon festival

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

The exhibition Pipilotti Rist: Your Brain to Me, My Brain To You, a large-scale installation by the Swiss artist, opened at the National Museum of Qatar in Doha on November 18. AFP

Palestinians burn tyres during a protest against the resumption of construction at the settlement of Eviatar near the Palestinian village of Beita, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. AFP

Soldiers on guard at the Inca jail where eight inmates were killed during a prison riot in Quito, Ecuador. AP

Ritsuko Ryu of Japan hits her third shot on the 11th hole during the first round of Daio Paper Elleair Ladies at Elleair Golf Club Matsuyama in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. Getty

North Korea launches an intercontinental ballistic missile. Reuters

The National Museum of Qatar in Doha on the evev of the Qatar 2022 World Cup football tournament. AFP

Palestinian mourners surround the bodies of people who died when fire broke out in a flat in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza strip. AFP

Protester throws a tear gas canister back at police officers during an anti-government protest march in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AP

Participants in the International Balloon Festival in Leon, Mexico, lift off. EPA

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Updated: November 19, 2022, 11:31 AM