![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/6W3CTKOVFKG4P5EN5GKQYZHKHE.jpg?smart=true&auth=eb8aade2a0ce1e671b98000156819921211dcac80296293cad0bf2725a1c8f6c&width=400&height=225)
A visitor holds a portrait of Pope Francis as he passes by the crowd before his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican on January 11, 2023. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/5QUK3FBFYEVH62TU4D564UIOEM.jpg?smart=true&auth=1ffc5085978e3dfc4dd56656748c0b279614b5c2b3667e9c8915c1c3d2e549f7&width=400&height=225)
Steven Spielberg poses with the Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Picture for 'The Fabelmans'. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/X6UHMBECO6CCUV4UM3CSQUEJZQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=31827b73e0303514dac69cea40f9c32f27c00bd6a42b714bd4c06f7de4327113&width=400&height=225)
Snow cannons at the Font-Romeu/Bolquere Pyrenees 2000 ski resort in France. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/TSN4COMFP3KAQCGHLJGSNFZW4U.jpg?smart=true&auth=ca7d47217cf6cf8ba982e5d64f45f3c5e6c9b22eed67a673e3ee01c9f25c2e36&width=400&height=225)
Relatives of 18 people killed in clashes with empty coffins outside Carlos Monge Medrano hospital in Juliaca, Peru. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/Q7VEBYXF576VX3EWKVITP5YDRA.jpg?smart=true&auth=b337514726f1d39dd2049e66e6f959bebe42feba408656819fdb7ee06def6297&width=400&height=225)
An Afghan women's football team. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/5IXTSYAM7J37IAO2HLWTD3GUT4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1d24651f35384d7672f2a2ec5a0b90c46ccf5b15a3fe26ef7221879be24154d8&width=400&height=225)
Chinese Lunar New Year festivities in Beijing. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/LZUFCDRKTQMB2VKZFX3JDWHQTA.jpg?smart=true&auth=e0f0e86d27f5b94dcd77a8d3e025bbf75d71b848d48058f3606c39add2d87e72&width=400&height=225)
Israel demolishes a Palestinian house in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/VLMKTGXCNH6TOPW5UY56ZJF67A.jpg?smart=true&auth=b0a450fe7ee30c25c1d4b16a839296eebbf2eab012d12d14ce8aebaa7d906396&width=400&height=225)
Police respond to protests at a lignite mine near the village of Luetzerath in Germany. EPA
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/U3HJCYCNF3H37YJZPBNBUSPDTQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=83a1fa402da9615d75f22f048e0cf7fba892b2db92f7e104786eb8d12fd26a06&width=400&height=225)
Black Horse Team's Saleh Al Saif and co-driver Joao Pedro Vitoria during the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/CTJ5FABQBXPR36QUERHHETK2YM.jpg?smart=true&auth=de5684edb69eb47d6d9a31a6e9ec2686c525795d0a33d55b1c446fd970a3ebeb&width=400&height=225)
Yinziyan cave in Guilin city, in China's southern Guangxi region. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/S7Y25LMRWSO5HETVXP4PPLUCNU.jpg?smart=true&auth=876147765ed270691f174b47e04d9d50c2d7608e584847864a39433a85b59605&width=400&height=225)
Reindeer rest beneath mining infrastructure in Longyearbyen, Norway. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/FB37OKV2SSNSTPYAGTI6UZHLBE.jpg?smart=true&auth=0b3bf3c8f35d5d41465401011f07f31757aa666ab19d19d2aacfba0d8a7d8dc3&width=400&height=225)
The Supreme Court building in Brasilia two days after a riot by thousands of Jair Bolsonaro supporters. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/FMXMMB5M23EPLM4RXVD7CHSP2Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=ed697be438cb919015412073aa48c96e69257212fc9b12d23b9e0c1130c49ac6&width=400&height=225)
Defendants Rabieh R and Abdul Majed R stand trial over the Dresden Royal Palace jewellery heist in Germany. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YZ6A3FN5LVSL5BPVXZZNKTZBRY.jpg?smart=true&auth=bf63382d821169d304f98e752eca2637f16af958d6ae91581d7f400e4da6cc55&width=400&height=225)
Bolsonaro supporters leave the National Academy of the Federal Police in Brasilia after their camp was dismantled. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/XEW5D6USNOOXCYR4EVJ5NKK5CI.jpg?smart=true&auth=f226d285b52a34e50d800d97caaed00ce90d25883896da38eeeab01a3088a769&width=400&height=225)
Two vehicles in a sinkhole in Chatsworth, California. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/6W3CTKOVFKG4P5EN5GKQYZHKHE.jpg?smart=true&auth=eb8aade2a0ce1e671b98000156819921211dcac80296293cad0bf2725a1c8f6c&width=400&height=225)
A visitor holds a portrait of Pope Francis as he passes by the crowd before his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican on January 11, 2023. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/5QUK3FBFYEVH62TU4D564UIOEM.jpg?smart=true&auth=1ffc5085978e3dfc4dd56656748c0b279614b5c2b3667e9c8915c1c3d2e549f7&width=400&height=225)
Steven Spielberg poses with the Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Picture for 'The Fabelmans'. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/X6UHMBECO6CCUV4UM3CSQUEJZQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=31827b73e0303514dac69cea40f9c32f27c00bd6a42b714bd4c06f7de4327113&width=400&height=225)
Snow cannons at the Font-Romeu/Bolquere Pyrenees 2000 ski resort in France. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/TSN4COMFP3KAQCGHLJGSNFZW4U.jpg?smart=true&auth=ca7d47217cf6cf8ba982e5d64f45f3c5e6c9b22eed67a673e3ee01c9f25c2e36&width=400&height=225)
Relatives of 18 people killed in clashes with empty coffins outside Carlos Monge Medrano hospital in Juliaca, Peru. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/Q7VEBYXF576VX3EWKVITP5YDRA.jpg?smart=true&auth=b337514726f1d39dd2049e66e6f959bebe42feba408656819fdb7ee06def6297&width=400&height=225)
An Afghan women's football team. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/5IXTSYAM7J37IAO2HLWTD3GUT4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1d24651f35384d7672f2a2ec5a0b90c46ccf5b15a3fe26ef7221879be24154d8&width=400&height=225)
Chinese Lunar New Year festivities in Beijing. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/LZUFCDRKTQMB2VKZFX3JDWHQTA.jpg?smart=true&auth=e0f0e86d27f5b94dcd77a8d3e025bbf75d71b848d48058f3606c39add2d87e72&width=400&height=225)
Israel demolishes a Palestinian house in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/VLMKTGXCNH6TOPW5UY56ZJF67A.jpg?smart=true&auth=b0a450fe7ee30c25c1d4b16a839296eebbf2eab012d12d14ce8aebaa7d906396&width=400&height=225)
Police respond to protests at a lignite mine near the village of Luetzerath in Germany. EPA
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/U3HJCYCNF3H37YJZPBNBUSPDTQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=83a1fa402da9615d75f22f048e0cf7fba892b2db92f7e104786eb8d12fd26a06&width=400&height=225)
Black Horse Team's Saleh Al Saif and co-driver Joao Pedro Vitoria during the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/CTJ5FABQBXPR36QUERHHETK2YM.jpg?smart=true&auth=de5684edb69eb47d6d9a31a6e9ec2686c525795d0a33d55b1c446fd970a3ebeb&width=400&height=225)
Yinziyan cave in Guilin city, in China's southern Guangxi region. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/S7Y25LMRWSO5HETVXP4PPLUCNU.jpg?smart=true&auth=876147765ed270691f174b47e04d9d50c2d7608e584847864a39433a85b59605&width=400&height=225)
Reindeer rest beneath mining infrastructure in Longyearbyen, Norway. AP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/FB37OKV2SSNSTPYAGTI6UZHLBE.jpg?smart=true&auth=0b3bf3c8f35d5d41465401011f07f31757aa666ab19d19d2aacfba0d8a7d8dc3&width=400&height=225)
The Supreme Court building in Brasilia two days after a riot by thousands of Jair Bolsonaro supporters. AFP
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/FMXMMB5M23EPLM4RXVD7CHSP2Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=ed697be438cb919015412073aa48c96e69257212fc9b12d23b9e0c1130c49ac6&width=400&height=225)
Defendants Rabieh R and Abdul Majed R stand trial over the Dresden Royal Palace jewellery heist in Germany. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YZ6A3FN5LVSL5BPVXZZNKTZBRY.jpg?smart=true&auth=bf63382d821169d304f98e752eca2637f16af958d6ae91581d7f400e4da6cc55&width=400&height=225)
Bolsonaro supporters leave the National Academy of the Federal Police in Brasilia after their camp was dismantled. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/XEW5D6USNOOXCYR4EVJ5NKK5CI.jpg?smart=true&auth=f226d285b52a34e50d800d97caaed00ce90d25883896da38eeeab01a3088a769&width=400&height=225)
Two vehicles in a sinkhole in Chatsworth, California. Reuters
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/6W3CTKOVFKG4P5EN5GKQYZHKHE.jpg?smart=true&auth=eb8aade2a0ce1e671b98000156819921211dcac80296293cad0bf2725a1c8f6c&width=400&height=225)
A visitor holds a portrait of Pope Francis as he passes by the crowd before his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican on January 11, 2023. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Today's best photos: From Spielberg's double Globe awards to the Pope's portrait
The National picks the most striking images from around the world
![The National](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Farc-authors%2Fthenational%2F9e2159fa-e4db-4215-b498-6b3607b75bee.png?smart=true&auth=cf728de2f2d93afc214682199f23d53c844677eb59567fe99abdb1c7e9f03161&width=70&height=70)
The National
11 January, 2023
- Listen In English
- Listen In Arabic