• Ryan Gosling performs the song "I'm Just Ken" from the movie "Barbie" during the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo / Chris Pizzello)
    Ryan Gosling performs the song "I'm Just Ken" from the movie "Barbie" during the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo / Chris Pizzello)
  • Marines from France and Finland board a fast assault ship during military drills near Sorstraumen, above the Arctic Circle in Norway. AFP
    Marines from France and Finland board a fast assault ship during military drills near Sorstraumen, above the Arctic Circle in Norway. AFP
  • Mahya masters install lights that will spell out a message at the top of one of the Suleymaniye Mosque minarets in Istanbul, in the run-up to Ramadan. Mahya is the Turkish tradition of stringing up religious messages and designs. AP
    Mahya masters install lights that will spell out a message at the top of one of the Suleymaniye Mosque minarets in Istanbul, in the run-up to Ramadan. Mahya is the Turkish tradition of stringing up religious messages and designs. AP
  • Hindus take part in Perang Api, a tradition believed to cleanse evil elements and keep misfortune at bay, ahead of Nyepi, a day of silent self-reflection, in Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia. Reuters
    Hindus take part in Perang Api, a tradition believed to cleanse evil elements and keep misfortune at bay, ahead of Nyepi, a day of silent self-reflection, in Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia. Reuters
  • A Palestinian child plays with a sparkler in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on the eve of Ramadan as the war continues. AFP
    A Palestinian child plays with a sparkler in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on the eve of Ramadan as the war continues. AFP
  • Sam Davis, director Sean Wang and his grandmothers Yi Yan Fuei and Chang Li Hua make their way down the red carpet for the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood. Reuters
    Sam Davis, director Sean Wang and his grandmothers Yi Yan Fuei and Chang Li Hua make their way down the red carpet for the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood. Reuters
  • Ramadan lights brighten a pedestrian zone in Frankfurt. AP
    Ramadan lights brighten a pedestrian zone in Frankfurt. AP
  • Police patrol the red carpet area after pro-Palestinian demonstrations near the Dolby Theatre during the Oscars ceremony in Hollywood. AFP
    Police patrol the red carpet area after pro-Palestinian demonstrations near the Dolby Theatre during the Oscars ceremony in Hollywood. AFP
  • A field is flooded by a large equinox tide, with a major coal plant in the background, in the Lavau-sur-Loire commune, western France. AFP
    A field is flooded by a large equinox tide, with a major coal plant in the background, in the Lavau-sur-Loire commune, western France. AFP
  • Revellers watch a bonfire burn as Bulgarians celebrate Mesni Zagovezni, an Orthodox Christian holiday, in Lozen, 15km south-west of the capital Sofia. AFP
    Revellers watch a bonfire burn as Bulgarians celebrate Mesni Zagovezni, an Orthodox Christian holiday, in Lozen, 15km south-west of the capital Sofia. AFP
  • From left, actors Matthew McConaughey, Forest Whitaker, Cillian Murphy, Nicolas Cage and Brendan Fraser pose after Murphy won Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film Oppenheimer, in Hollywood. AFP
    From left, actors Matthew McConaughey, Forest Whitaker, Cillian Murphy, Nicolas Cage and Brendan Fraser pose after Murphy won Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film Oppenheimer, in Hollywood. AFP
  • Wendy Adriaens, the founder of De Passiehoeve, a rescue farm where animals support people with autism, depression, anxiety or drug problems, hugs Blondie the ostrich, at Passiehoeve farm in Kalmthout, Belgium. Reuters
    Wendy Adriaens, the founder of De Passiehoeve, a rescue farm where animals support people with autism, depression, anxiety or drug problems, hugs Blondie the ostrich, at Passiehoeve farm in Kalmthout, Belgium. Reuters
  • Winner of Best in Show, the Australian shepherd called Viking, poses at the trophy presentation on the final day of Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England. AFP
    Winner of Best in Show, the Australian shepherd called Viking, poses at the trophy presentation on the final day of Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England. AFP

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Today's best photos: From Ryan Gosling's Oscars performance to Viking, winner of Crufts

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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March 11, 2024

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Updated: March 11, 2024, 12:34 PM