• Audi's Spanish driver Carlos Sainz and Spanish co-driver Lucas Cruz compete during Stage 8 of the Dakar 2023 between Al Duwadimi and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 8, 2023. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
    Audi's Spanish driver Carlos Sainz and Spanish co-driver Lucas Cruz compete during Stage 8 of the Dakar 2023 between Al Duwadimi and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 8, 2023. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
  • Lightning strikes over Rutenberg power station in Ashkelon, Israel. Reuters
    Lightning strikes over Rutenberg power station in Ashkelon, Israel. Reuters
  • Women wear kimonos to a gathering for 20 year olds in Yokohama, Japan. Getty Images
    Women wear kimonos to a gathering for 20 year olds in Yokohama, Japan. Getty Images
  • People get ready to eat at a floating cafe in Nakhon Pathom, west of the Thai capital Bangkok. AFP
    People get ready to eat at a floating cafe in Nakhon Pathom, west of the Thai capital Bangkok. AFP
  • Catholic devotees pray as they take part in the Feast of the Black Nazarene at Quirino Grandstand, Manila. Getty Images
    Catholic devotees pray as they take part in the Feast of the Black Nazarene at Quirino Grandstand, Manila. Getty Images
  • A Ukrainian helicopter fires at Russian positions in Kherson. AP
    A Ukrainian helicopter fires at Russian positions in Kherson. AP
  • Buffalo Bills running back Taiwan Jones (25) prays for Damar Hamlin before an NFL game against New England Patriots at Orchard Park, New York. Hamlin is in hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest in the Bills' previous match. AP
    Buffalo Bills running back Taiwan Jones (25) prays for Damar Hamlin before an NFL game against New England Patriots at Orchard Park, New York. Hamlin is in hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest in the Bills' previous match. AP
  • A fallen tree after a winter storm in Sacramento, California. Reuters
    A fallen tree after a winter storm in Sacramento, California. Reuters
  • An activist demonstrates at Luetzerath, a village about to be demolished to allow for the expansion of the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine in north-western Germany. Reuters
    An activist demonstrates at Luetzerath, a village about to be demolished to allow for the expansion of the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine in north-western Germany. Reuters
  • People attend a vigil in Toronto, marking the third anniversary of the doomed flight PS752, which was shot down by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shortly after take-off, killing all 176 people on board. AP
    People attend a vigil in Toronto, marking the third anniversary of the doomed flight PS752, which was shot down by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shortly after take-off, killing all 176 people on board. AP
  • A flock grazing near solar panel rows at a farm near Moshav Haspin in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, near the border with Syria. AFP
    A flock grazing near solar panel rows at a farm near Moshav Haspin in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, near the border with Syria. AFP
  • People cross railway tracks in heavy fog in a wintry New Delhi. Reuters
    People cross railway tracks in heavy fog in a wintry New Delhi. Reuters
  • Tourists in Basra take photos with Sinbad the Sailor, chosen as this year's Gulf Cup mascot. Reuters
    Tourists in Basra take photos with Sinbad the Sailor, chosen as this year's Gulf Cup mascot. Reuters
  • Supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate outside Congress in Brasilia. Reuters
    Supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate outside Congress in Brasilia. Reuters

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Today's best photos: from the Dakar rally to protests in Brazil

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

The National

January 09, 2023

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Updated: January 09, 2023, 5:35 PM
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