Today's best photos: from French protests to the Lunar New Year

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Wooden pallets burn, as demonstrators gather during a rally called by French trade unions in outside the Gare de Lyon, in Paris on January 19, 2023. - A day of strikes and protests kicked off in France on January 19, 2023 set to disrupt transport and schooling across the country in a trial for the government as workers oppose a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

Wooden pallets burn, as demonstrators gather during a rally called by French trade unions in outside the Gare de Lyon, in Paris on January 19, 2023. - A day of strikes and protests kicked off in France on January 19, 2023 set to disrupt transport and schooling across the country in a trial for the government as workers oppose a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

Jan 19, 2023

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