• Metropolitan 92's French power forward Victor Wembanyama tries to score during the French Elite basketball match between Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 and Bourg-en-Bresse at The AccorHotels Arena in Paris on May 7, 2023. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
    Metropolitan 92's French power forward Victor Wembanyama tries to score during the French Elite basketball match between Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 and Bourg-en-Bresse at The AccorHotels Arena in Paris on May 7, 2023. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
  • People gather as a boat is recovered in Tanur, Kerala, that capsized in an accident that killed at least 22 people. AFP
    People gather as a boat is recovered in Tanur, Kerala, that capsized in an accident that killed at least 22 people. AFP
  • A lizard wears clothing and a headset at Pet Expo Thailand in Bangkok. Getty
    A lizard wears clothing and a headset at Pet Expo Thailand in Bangkok. Getty
  • A football match on Blackpool beach, in noerthern England, UK. Reuters
    A football match on Blackpool beach, in noerthern England, UK. Reuters
  • A Venezuelan migrant being repatriated from Chile talks with her son as they wait to travel to Maracaibo from the capital Caracas. AP
    A Venezuelan migrant being repatriated from Chile talks with her son as they wait to travel to Maracaibo from the capital Caracas. AP
  • A landslide engulfed Nyamukubi village in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after heavy rainfall. Almost 400 people have died as a result of the bad weather. AFP
    A landslide engulfed Nyamukubi village in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after heavy rainfall. Almost 400 people have died as a result of the bad weather. AFP
  • Tightrope walker Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga crosses the market square of Vevey, Switzerland, on a 180-metre cable 20 metres above the ground as part of a show by the Basinga Company. AP
    Tightrope walker Tatiana-Mosio Bongonga crosses the market square of Vevey, Switzerland, on a 180-metre cable 20 metres above the ground as part of a show by the Basinga Company. AP
  • Pedestrians mingle in Tokyo, Japan, many of them without face masks, after Japan downgraded the classification of Covid-19 from category II to V, the same as flu. EPA
    Pedestrians mingle in Tokyo, Japan, many of them without face masks, after Japan downgraded the classification of Covid-19 from category II to V, the same as flu. EPA
  • A 35-wagon cargo train carrying iron pellets that derailed near Hajduhadhaz, eastern Hungary. AP
    A 35-wagon cargo train carrying iron pellets that derailed near Hajduhadhaz, eastern Hungary. AP
  • A firefighter works to put out flames at a storage depot in Odesa damaged by a Russian missile strike. Reuters
    A firefighter works to put out flames at a storage depot in Odesa damaged by a Russian missile strike. Reuters
  • Athletes compete during the swim leg of Ironman 70.3 Venice-Jesolo in north-east, Italy. Getty
    Athletes compete during the swim leg of Ironman 70.3 Venice-Jesolo in north-east, Italy. Getty

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Today's best photos: From Victor Wembanyama to Ironman athletes in Italy

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

The National

May 08, 2023

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