Today's best photos: From skin-shedding cicada to Cannes Palme d'Or winner

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

An adult cicada periodical cicada sheds its nymphal skin on a tree, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Charleston, Ill. (AP Photo / Carolyn Kaster)

Al Ain celebrate winning the AFC Champions League at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Young riders prepare for a competition at a riding club in Orania, South Africa. AFP

Paragliders soar above US troops working with vessels used for delivering aid to Palestinians via a floating pier in Gaza, after ships ran aground in Ashdod, Israel. Reuters

Children swimming next to a sunken vessel in the Shatt Al Arab river, formed at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates, in Basra, Iraq. AFP

A satellite view damaged in the aftermath of a deadly tornado in Greenfield, Iowa, US. Reuters

Wim Wenders, the film director, poses on the red carpet at the closing ceremony of the 77th Cannes Film Festival in France. Reuters

Kaiserslautern fans chanting at the German Cup final at the Olympiastadion, Berlin. Their team lost 1-0 to Bayer Leverkusen. Reuters

US President Joe Biden attends the US Military Academy commencement in West Point, New York. Reuters

Uruguay's former president Jose 'Pepe' Mujica looks on during an interview in Rincon del Cerro, on the outskirts of Montevideo. Reuters

Supporters of the uMkhonto we Sizwe party dance during a campaign rally in Mpumalanga, near Durban, ahead of South Africa's general election. AP

A Palestinian woman holds the shrouded body of child killed in Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP

US director Sean Baker poses with the trophy after winning the Palme d'Or for the film Anora at the Cannes Film Festival. AFP

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