Today's best photos: From a pilgrimage in Spain to flooding in Brazil

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Pilgrims gather around the effigy of the Rocio Virgin during the annual pilgrimage in El Rocio village, near Huelva, in southern Spain. AFP

Chelsea pensioners pose with a matching rose display at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. EPA

Rescue workers search near the crash site of a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Varzaghan, north-western Iran. All aboard were killed. AFP

Taiwan's new President Lai Ching-te and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim at their inauguration ceremony in Taipei. Reuters

Yang Hu of China celebrates winning the gold medal in the Men's 400m T54 final at the World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, in Japan's Kansai region. Getty images

Stella Assange, wife of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Her husband awaits a ruling on his right to appeal against extradition to the US to face espionage charges. AP

Voters queue outside a polling booth during the fifth round of the general election, in Howrah, West Bengal, in eastern India. AP

Coca-Cola bottles floating near delivery trucks, amid flooding in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Reuters

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