Today's best photos: From a commemoration in Caracas to Nato exercises

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Confetti showers Bolivarian Militia members and government supporters at a march commemorating a 2004 speech by late President Hugo Chavez that is considered by his supporters a key anti-imperialist moment in the history of his Bolivarian Revolution in Caracas. AP

Locals help firefighters to contain a fire that broke out at a commercial complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh. AP

A woman watches a TV broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly in a cinema in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Reuters

A police officer takes away a flare from a demonstrator during a rally in Tel Aviv calling for the release of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. Reuters

Former US president and Republican candidate Donald Trump waves to people across the Rio Grande in Mexico at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, during a visit to the border. AP

People move away from an area where police confronted armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after prominent gang leader Jimmy Cherizier called for Prime Minister Ariel Henry's government to be toppled. Reuters

Farmers form a giant 'SOS' distress signal with their tractors in a co-ordinated stunt replicated in various locations across the country, in a field between the villages of Echallens and Goumoens-la-Ville, Switzerland. EPA

The Israeli military drops a box over destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip. AFP

Acapulco is recovering four months after hurricane Otis made landfall, slamming into the coastal Pacific resort city as a category 5 storm and killing at least 48. Getty Images

A British helicopter from the 820 Naval Air Squadron fires flares above the HMS Prince of Wales during Nato's Steadfast Defender military exercise. Reuters

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Updated: March 01, 2024, 8:15 AM