Best photos of September 13: Hot air balloons in Wiltshire to a forest fire in Brazil

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Hot air balloons take part in a night glow during a preview for the Icons of the Sky festival at the Longleat estate in Wiltshire, England. PA Photo

Residents are helped through flood waters by military personnel in Pyinmana, in Myanmar's Naypyidaw region, following Typhoon Yagi. AFP

Two Grob 109b motor gliders perform a pyrotechnic show at the preview of the Icons of the Sky festival. PA Photo

Employees make basketballs at a factory in Sihong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP

A worker sorts used plastic bottles at a recycling unit in Karachi, Pakistan. AFP

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, accompanied by Sonia Guajajara, the Minister of Indigenous People, attends a ceremony at Brazil's National Museum in Rio de Janeiro. Reuters

A mural painted by Spanish artist Sfhir, depicting a woman that plays the cello, which has been voted the 'Street Art Cities' Best Mural in the World 2023, is seen on two buildings at nightfall in Fene, northern Spain. Reuters

A picture taken with a drone shows a car driving along the BR-364 highway in an area engulfed by a forest fire near the city of Porto Velho, Brazil. EPA