Today's best photos: From an ice cave in New Hampshire to a bull in Mexico

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

TOPSHOT - People explore the ice walls, trails and caverns at Ice Castles in North Woodstock, New Hampshire on February 1, 2024. Founder Brent Christensen, crafted his first icy creation in the front yard of his home to bring happiness and joy to his children. Since 2011, Ice Castles has been dedicated to creating a world of ice caves, frozen waterfalls, and glaciers formed into archways, caverns, slides, and tunnels. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

People run from explosions in the Embakasi area of Nairobi. At least two people were reported dead and 222 injured when a lorry carrying gas exploded. AFP

Chilean soccer star Arturo Vidal at his welcoming event at the Monumental Stadium in Chile's capital Santiago. He has returned to his first club Colo-Colo after 17 years in Europe and elsewhere in South America. AP

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators face police during a visit by US President Joe Biden to Warren, Michigan. AP

Keeping cool at the water fountain park Magic Water Circuit, in Lima, Peru. AP

Demonstrators clash with police as lawmakers debate Argentinian President Javier Milei's economic reform bill, outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires. Reuters

French high wire artist Philippe Petit performs above an audience at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York. AFP

A bull is dragged into the Papaloapan River to be returned to a ranch, after a bull running event at a festival for the Virgin of the Candelaria in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz state, Mexico. AP

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