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

Steven Spielberg poses with the Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Picture for 'The Fabelmans'. AFP

Snow cannons at the Font-Romeu/Bolquere Pyrenees 2000 ski resort in France. AFP

Relatives of 18 people killed in clashes with empty coffins outside Carlos Monge Medrano hospital in Juliaca, Peru. AFP

An Afghan women's football team. AP

Chinese Lunar New Year festivities in Beijing. Reuters

Israel demolishes a Palestinian house in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Reuters

Police respond to protests at a lignite mine near the village of Luetzerath in Germany. EPA

Black Horse Team's Saleh Al Saif and co-driver Joao Pedro Vitoria during the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia. AFP

Yinziyan cave in Guilin city, in China's southern Guangxi region. AFP

Reindeer rest beneath mining infrastructure in Longyearbyen, Norway. AP

The Supreme Court building in Brasilia two days after a riot by thousands of Jair Bolsonaro supporters. AFP

Defendants Rabieh R and Abdul Majed R stand trial over the Dresden Royal Palace jewellery heist in Germany. Reuters

Bolsonaro supporters leave the National Academy of the Federal Police in Brasilia after their camp was dismantled. Reuters

Two vehicles in a sinkhole in Chatsworth, California. Reuters

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)

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Updated: January 11, 2023, 1:57 PM