Today's best photos: From an erupting volcano to a heavenly fireball

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, spews lava during an eruption as seen from Dadap Ngori hamlet in Magelang on May 23, 2023. (Photo by DEVI RAHMAN / AFP)

Double-amputee climber Hari Budha Magar, 43, returns to Kathmandu, Nepal after climbing Mount Everest. EPA

Palestinians in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank town of Nablus inspect a damaged building following an Israeli army raid. AP

Fans watch a Fifa Under-20 World Cup Group F football match between France and South Korea at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza, Argentina. AP

A surfer jumps into the sea off a pier on the beachfront in Durban, South Africa. EPA

SpaceX’s Starship lifts off from the company’s Boca Chica launch pad in Texas on an orbital test mission, in a photo retrieved from a destroyed remote camera on the pad. Reuters

The US Navy's aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford in the North Sea, off the coast of Denmark. EPA

A street vendor pushes a cart of shoes and slippers in Hanoi. AFP

A Romanian Air Force F-16 fighter jet leads Portuguese Air Force F-16s during Nato's Baltic Air Policing Mission over the Baltic Sea in Lithuanian airspace. AP

A bright fireball, believed to be a meteor, streaks across the sky over Queensland, Australia. Reuters

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