Today's best photos: From training in Dijon to art in Hong Kong

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Theo de Meyere prepares to run on a treadmill in a hypoxia tent at the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research in Dijon, eastern France. AFP

A worker hangs up lotus lanterns ahead of Buddha's birthday, at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, South Korea. EPA

People row a boat through a flooded residential area in Orenburg, south-west Russia. Reuters

One million tulips bloom at the E-World theme park in Daegu, south-east of Seoul, South Korea. EPA

Displaced Palestinian children play as they help take down their tent in Rafah, southern Gaza, before heading to Khan Younis. AFP

French skipper Yannick Bestaven sails his Imoca monohull Maitre Coq, off Cascais, Portugal. AFP

Pedestrians cross a wide street in the Shinjuku business and shopping district of Tokyo, Japan. EPA

A visitor poses in an art installation by French artist Camille Walala that forms an outdoor maze at Planet Walala@Harbour City, in Hong Kong. AFP

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