Today's best photos: from Queen Elizabeth with her ponies to the Elvis Express

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

British Queen Elizabeth II holds her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale (right) and Bybeck Katie in this handout picture released April 20, 2022 by The Royal Windsor Horse Show to mark the occasion of her 96th birthday. henrydallalphotography. com/PA Wire/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. Not for use after Tuesday 31st May 2022 without prior permission from Royal Windsor Horse Show. The photograph must not be digitally enhanced, manipulated or modified in any manner or form and must include all of the individuals in the photograph when published.

Women cross a street at dusk in Tokyo. AFP

A US Bradley Fighting Vehicle patrols the countryside of the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria's Hasakeh province. AFP

Worshippers place the Quran on their heads during prayer rituals which mark the night the holy book was first revealed to the Prophet Mohammed, at the Imam Ali shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf. AFP

Aerial view showing the construction of the Mayan Train between Tulum and Playa del Carmen in Mexico. A Mexican judge suspended construction of part of the tourist train project due to a lack of environmental impact studies. AFP

Elvia Garcia kisses her 2-year-old son Joshua while they wait with hundreds of other residents to pick up free groceries from the food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, US. Reuters

A couple light a small fire on their family grave during Orthodox Maundy Thursday memorial for the departed ones, at a cemetery in Copaciu, Romania. EPA

Temporary police personnel practice with canes during their 10-day training in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal's government recruited about 100,000 civilians to support security forces in the upcoming local elections. EPA

A man explores a destroyed tank in Ivanivka village, in Ukraine. EPA

Asylum seekers, mainly from Afghanistan, stand by their tents at a makeshift migrant camp in Pantin, in the suburbs of Paris. AFP

Spanish tennis player Carlos Taberner returns the ball against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime during their tennis match at the Barcelona Open tennis tournament. EPA

Elvis tribute artists on board the Elvis Express train to Parkes NSW in Sydney, Australia. The Parkes Elvis Festival is held annually over five days. Getty Images

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