Today's best photos: from a burning bus to the Walla Walla aurora

‘The National’ picks the most striking images from around the world

A demonstrator participates in a protest of hundreds of people outside Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's home to call for his stepping down as the country's unprecedented economic crisis worsened in Colombo, on March 31, 2022. - The protest trying to storm the home of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa turned violent on March 31, 2022, with at least one man critically wounded, as residents slammed the government's handling of the country's crippling economic crisis. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Children on their way to school as snow falls in Pamplona, northern Spain, where there are spring snow alerts in nine regions. EPA

Ukrainian refugees to cross the border into Poland at Shehyni. Reuters

Two glove puppet characters battle each other, with real fire as a special effect, during a demonstration at the Taiwan studio where the Pili TV puppet series is filmed. Reuters

A US Marine takes part in the Balikatan annual US-Philippines joint military exercise in Cagayan province in the northern Philippines. AP Photo

The aurora borealis puts on a show near Walla Walla, in Washington state, US, thanks to a recent strong geomagnetic storm from the sun. AP

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