• Participants take part in the Up Helly Aa festival parade through the streets of Lerwick, Shetland Islands on January 31, 2023. - Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian Vikings in the Shetland Islands and culminates with up to 1,000 'guizers' (men in costume) throwing flaming torches into their Viking longboat and setting it alight later in the evening. (Photo by Andy Buchanan / AFP)
    Participants take part in the Up Helly Aa festival parade through the streets of Lerwick, Shetland Islands on January 31, 2023. - Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian Vikings in the Shetland Islands and culminates with up to 1,000 'guizers' (men in costume) throwing flaming torches into their Viking longboat and setting it alight later in the evening. (Photo by Andy Buchanan / AFP)
  • Flooded grounds after a storm at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Reuters
    Flooded grounds after a storm at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Reuters
  • Pilgrims attend the annual Hindu festival of Magh Mela, at the Sangam, the confluence of three revered rivers, in India. AP
    Pilgrims attend the annual Hindu festival of Magh Mela, at the Sangam, the confluence of three revered rivers, in India. AP
  • Waste floats on the Lim river near Priboj, Serbia. AP
    Waste floats on the Lim river near Priboj, Serbia. AP
  • A stand during the inauguration of the Integrated Systems Europe fair, the largest audiovisual show in the world, in Barcelona, Spain. EPA
    A stand during the inauguration of the Integrated Systems Europe fair, the largest audiovisual show in the world, in Barcelona, Spain. EPA
  • Dozens of German-made Leopard 1 tanks, owned by Freddy Versluys chief executive of Belgian defence company OIP Land Systems, are parked in a hangar in Tournais, Belgium. Mr Versluys has offered to help Ukraine if he receives export permits from the Belgian regional government of Wallonia and from Germany to sell them. Reuters
    Dozens of German-made Leopard 1 tanks, owned by Freddy Versluys chief executive of Belgian defence company OIP Land Systems, are parked in a hangar in Tournais, Belgium. Mr Versluys has offered to help Ukraine if he receives export permits from the Belgian regional government of Wallonia and from Germany to sell them. Reuters
  • A woman walks home after fishing at a beach in Indonesia's Aceh province. AFP
    A woman walks home after fishing at a beach in Indonesia's Aceh province. AFP
  • Catholic worshippers gather to celebrate Holy Mass with Pope Francis in Kinshasa, Congo. AP
    Catholic worshippers gather to celebrate Holy Mass with Pope Francis in Kinshasa, Congo. AP

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Today's best photos: from Vikings in Scotland to the Pope in DR Congo

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

The National

February 01, 2023

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