Today's best photos: from a helicopter in the mist to a plane at sunset

'The National' picks the most striking images from around the world

An MV-22 Osprey participates during a joint military helicopter borne operation drill between Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and U. S. Marines at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (AP Photo / Eugene Hoshiko)

Women compete in a tug-of-war game in the compound of a Hindu temple in Hungloh, a village south of Dharamshala, India. AP

A person stands by a road during a snowstorm in Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland. Reuters

Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi. Vietnam expects to fully reopen to tourism from March 15, after two years in which all international flights were cancelled. EPA

A police officer wearing personal protective equipment carries food and daily supplies for residents of an area under restrictions owing to the spread of the coronavirus in Manzhouli in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region. AFP

A worker welds metal inside the Interpipe Steel plant in Dnipro, Ukraine. Exports of steel gas pipes to Texas oil companies and railway wheels to European high-speed train operators has been put on hold as hundreds of the company’s 10,000 employees in the country have joined the fight against Russia. Working with a skeleton crew, Interpipe facilities are running canteens and making metal barriers to block Russian tanks and convoys. At night, its bomb shelters house dozens of local families. AP

People pose for pictures in front a giant lollipop in the departure hall of Changi International Airport in Singapore. AFP

A helicopter flies next to the Eiffel Tower to place a new telecoms transmission antenna on its top, in Paris, France. Reuters

A woman who fled to Belgium after Russia invaded Ukraine queues, wrapped in a blanket, outside an immigration office in Brussels. The first temporary reception centre for Ukrainian refugees has been closed and was replaced by a one with twice the capacity at Palais 8 on the Heysel Plateau. Figures released by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees indicate more than 2. 8 million people have fled Ukraine since February 24, 2022. EPA

A plane flies past the Washington Monument in Washington, DC, at sunset. AFP

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