• Muay Thai boxers perform the "Wai Khru" to set a Guinness World Record during a Thai martial art festival at Rajabhakti Park in Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand, February 6, 2023. REUTERS / Athit Perawongmetha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
    Muay Thai boxers perform the "Wai Khru" to set a Guinness World Record during a Thai martial art festival at Rajabhakti Park in Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand, February 6, 2023. REUTERS / Athit Perawongmetha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
  • A man holds his pet fox as people wait for a bus in Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
    A man holds his pet fox as people wait for a bus in Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
  • Senior pupils clad in traditional attire bow during a joint graduation and coming-of-age ceremony at the Dongmyung Girls' High School, in Seoul, South Korea. AP
    Senior pupils clad in traditional attire bow during a joint graduation and coming-of-age ceremony at the Dongmyung Girls' High School, in Seoul, South Korea. AP
  • Smoke billows from the port as rescuers work at the scene of a collapsed building in Iskenderun, Turkey. Getty Images
    Smoke billows from the port as rescuers work at the scene of a collapsed building in Iskenderun, Turkey. Getty Images
  • A long-exposure image shows the US Capitol building before President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress, during the State of the Union address, in Washington. Reuters
    A long-exposure image shows the US Capitol building before President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress, during the State of the Union address, in Washington. Reuters
  • Activists of the environmental non-profit Greenpeace take part in a protest on a Shell platform. The rig was on its way to the North Sea, to expand an existing oil and gas field. AFP
    Activists of the environmental non-profit Greenpeace take part in a protest on a Shell platform. The rig was on its way to the North Sea, to expand an existing oil and gas field. AFP
  • A man transports chickens on a scooter to a market in Kathmandu, Nepal. Cases of bird flu have been confirmed in three places in the Kathmandu Valley. EPA
    A man transports chickens on a scooter to a market in Kathmandu, Nepal. Cases of bird flu have been confirmed in three places in the Kathmandu Valley. EPA
  • Women cry near the rubble after an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey. Reuters
    Women cry near the rubble after an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey. Reuters
  • A woman looks at a plastic bottle used to provide light in her shack in an informal settlement, in Centurion, South Africa. It contains a solution of water and and household bleach, which also disinfects the water. Scheduled blackouts have burdened Africa's most industrialised economy for years. AFP
    A woman looks at a plastic bottle used to provide light in her shack in an informal settlement, in Centurion, South Africa. It contains a solution of water and and household bleach, which also disinfects the water. Scheduled blackouts have burdened Africa's most industrialised economy for years. AFP
  • Waste collectors paddle polystyrene boats as they look for plastic and glass to recycle in a creek in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP
    Waste collectors paddle polystyrene boats as they look for plastic and glass to recycle in a creek in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP
  • A man naps by a life-size statue of the Predator film character at a mall in Beijing. AFP
    A man naps by a life-size statue of the Predator film character at a mall in Beijing. AFP
  • A yellow-vented Bulbul eats a worm from a carnivorous tropical pitcher plant, on the outskirt of Melaka town, Malaysia. AP
    A yellow-vented Bulbul eats a worm from a carnivorous tropical pitcher plant, on the outskirt of Melaka town, Malaysia. AP

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Today's best photos: from Muay Thai Guinness record to a carnivorous plant

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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February 07, 2023

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