Today's best photos: from a wax 3D model to a Girl with a Pearl Earring

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Bees buzz around a 3D-printed wax statue of the Roman emperor Hadrian in Jerusalem. AFP

A volunteer helps a cat escape a flooded area of Kherson, Ukraine after the Kakhovka dam blew up. EPA

A feast hosted by newly elected MP Fahad bin Jamea to mark his election win in Kuwait City. AFP

Firefighters battling a blaze in a forest near Saint-Goazec in Brittany, France. AFP

Farmers are accompanied by a swarm of locusts near a wheat field in Kandali, Balkh province, Afghanistan. AFP

The Thalass sails down the Seine river to reach Rouen, part of a gathering of old vessels and tall ships in Sahurs, north-western France. AFP

A helicopter refuels en route to Russian scientific vessel Severny Polyus, caught in Arctic ice 440km from the North Pole. AFP

Kilauea erupting in Hawaii. AFP

Prince Harry and his lawyer David Sherborne (R) leave the High Court in central London, where the duke was being cross-examined in a ‘press invasion’ trial. AFP

Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon shoots, under pressure from Miami Heat's Caleb Martin at Kaseya Centre, Miami. Reuters

Tunisia's Ons Jabeur throws her racket after losing a point against Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia in their French Open quarter-final in Paris, the Brazilian winning in three sets. AFP

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with Screech, the Washington Nationals Mascot, at Nationals Park, Washington DC. PA

An Eastern bluebird returns to its nesting box with an insect for its chicks, in Freeport, Maine. AP

Son, ridden by Pat Dobbs, wins the Get A Run For Your Money at Newbury racecourse in England. Getty

Construction workers come out through a tunnel boring machine after it broke the wall to complete digging on a metro rail project in Chennai, India. EPA

Work by artist Elinor Stanley on display at The RA Schools Show 2023 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. EPA

A woman touches the surface of an enlarged version of the famous painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Johannes Vermeer at the 'Mauritshuis' museum in The Hague, The Netherlands, 08 June 2023. The Vermeer painting has been enlarged a 100-times as a 3D print to become a four-meters high plastic colossus which is exhibited in the foyer of the museum. The giant 3D print clearly shows how the canvas has developed over the years and which painting techniques have been used. EPA / ROBIN UTRECHT

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Updated: June 08, 2023, 3:47 PM