Best photos of March 21: Coe’s failed IOC presidential bid to Avalon Airshow

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Unsuccessful candidate Sebastian Coe speaks to the media after he failed in his bid to become the new IOC President at an International Olympic Committee session in Costa Navarino, Greece. AP

One of a pair of giant panda cub twins plays in the enclosure at Berlin Zoological Garden. AP

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te poses with troops at Songshan airbase in Taipei. Reuters

Jamaica's Nishion Ebanks competes in the men's 60m heats during the Indoor World Athletics Championships in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP

King Charles III visits the cancer research centre at Ulster University, Northern Ireland. Reuters

An upside-down Ramadan majlis in Al Jada, Sharjah. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Carlos Sainz and Yuki Tsunoda in action at a practice session for the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit. AFP

Displaced Palestinian children ferry water containers near a camp in the Yarmuk area of Gaza city. AFP

Emma McDonald flies a Reb Bull Racing plane during a media preview of the Avalon Australian International Airshow in Sydney, Australia. EPA