Today's best photos: From Princess of Wales' regal interception to the French Open

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, Patron of the Rugby Football Union, attends a meeting with local and national male players at Maidenhead Rugby Club to discuss the Shaping Us campaign, hear more about their own childhood experiences and speak about the role that community settings can play in supporting children and parents. Arthur Edwards / Pool via REUTERS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A frog blows up its cheeks as it sits on a water lily in an artificial pond in Bad Honnef near Bonn, Germany. Reuters

A woman looks at the hillside village of Olympos, home to one of the few matriarchal societies in Greece that resists tourism and lifestyle standardisation. AFP

An animal rescuer is watched by a chicken as he holds an egg while swimming among debris in Ukraine's Kherson city, which was flooded after Kakhovka dam was bombed. AFP

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits an area that was flooded after Kakhovka dam was bombed. Reuters

Fishing boats sit on the beach before the start of the monsoon season, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India. Reuters

A man carries a refrigerator as he passes a street market in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP

A common tailorbird builds its nest in a forest outside Kathmandu, Nepal, as the monsoon approaches. EPA

The windows of a high-rise are washed in Shanghai. China's annual inflation rate edged up to 0.2 per cent in May 2023, from April's 26-month low of 0. 1 percent. EPA

Sailors perform on a sailboat with three masts during Armada 2023, an event that gathers the most beautiful vessels in the quays of Rouen, France. EPA

US marines prepare for a parade near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, under a sky clouded by smoke from wildfires in Canada. EPA

Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus serves during her French Open semi-final match against the Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova in Paris. Reuters

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Updated: June 09, 2023, 11:38 AM