Today's best photos: From lava flow in Iceland to a deer in a German cornfield

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Lava flows from the Sundhnuks volcano on the Reykjanes peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland. The volcano, located in south-west Iceland, erupted on May 29, cutting electricity to Grindavik and forcing the evacuation hundreds of guests at the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. The volcano has erupted five times since December. Getty Images

Pro-Palestine supporters demonstrate outside Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, on May 31 before the Uefa Women's Euro 2025 League B Group 2 qualifying football match between Scotland and Israel played out to an empty venue. Scotland won the match 4-1. AFP

Twenty pilot whales find themselves stranded near a beach in the city of Rio do Fogo, in north-eastern Brazil, prompting an effort to return them to the sea in an episode considered atypical for the region. EPA

Surfer Kanoa Igarashi of Japan competes in the quarter finals of the SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia. Getty Images

Conservationist Amber Gooijer of the Birds of Prey Station in Berg am Irchel, northern Switzerland, measures the wing of a scops owl which is recovering from a traumatic brain injury following an accident. EPA

Firefighters work on a street flooded by the River Gunz in Ichenhausen, Bavaria. Weather forecasters expect more rain for Germany. AP

Engineer Guillermo D Christy photographs a steel pillar filled with concrete that was installed inside the Aktun Tuyul cave system to support the Maya Train track on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. AP Photo

A roebuck stands in a cornfield full of bright red poppies in Oderbruch, Germany. AP

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Updated: June 01, 2024, 11:28 AM