Today's best photos: From Prince Harry sledding to Dune: Part Two premiere

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, hits the wall as he slides down the track on a skeleton sled during an Invictus Games training camp, in Whistler, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 is scheduled to take place from Feb. 8-16, 2025. (Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press via AP)

Kenyan-Mexican actress and president of the film festival's international jury, Lupita Nyong‘o, on the red carpet before the opening ceremony of the 74th Berlinale, in Berlin. AFP

Palestinian national football team defenders Bashar Shobaki, left, and Ali Rabei, right, pose for a photograph from the top of Table Mountain, in Cape Town. AFP

Palestinians fleeing Khan Younis arrive in Rafah with their belongings in a damaged car. AFP

A visitor films an exhibit during the preview of Signs And Objects: Pop Art From The Guggenheim Collection, featuring works from the art movement that explored the visual language of popular culture, at the Guggenheim Museum, in Bilbao, Spain. Reuters

A Seattle Mariners baseball player tosses a ball against a wall during drills at spring training, in Peoria, Arizona. AP

Villagers of the Hoang Mai district fight for a ball made of dried jackfruit, weighing 25kg, during the Thuy Linh village traditional ball scrambling festival, in Hanoi, Vietnam. EPA

A hot-air balloon in the French Alps. AFP

Birds featured during the 2024 Colombian Bird Fair, which runs until February 18, in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. AFP

A mural honouring journalists in Gaza, painted on a wall in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town. AFP

Actress and activist Susan Sarandon speaks against US funding to Israel, and in support of Gaza and a ceasefire, as she visits the office of House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, during an advocacy day organised by CODEPINK, in Washington. Reuters

People stand around a crater created by a Russian missile strike, in the village of Buda-Babynetska, near Kyiv, Ukraine. Reuters

Actress Anya Taylor-Joy attends the world premiere of the film Dune: Part Two, in London. Reuters

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Updated: February 16, 2024, 10:51 AM