Today's best photos: from Real Madrid celebrations to spring maypole

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

Soccer Football - Real Madrid fans celebrate winning LaLiga - Madrid, Spain - April 30, 2022 Real Madrid players celebrate winning LaLiga on top of the bus with fans at Cibeles fountain in Madrid REUTERS / Susana Vera TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Eid baskets are prepared at the Abu Dhabi Fruits and Vegetables Market. Victor Besa / The National

Firefighters try to douse intense flames and smoke at an oil terminal in Nowshera, Pakistan. AFP

Ukrainian soldiers arrive at an abandoned building to rest and for medical treatment after fighting on the front line for two months near Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine. AFP

Syrian children play in a refurbished playground in the northern city of Raqa. AFP

Security personnel march at the entrance of the Forbidden City in Beijing. AFP

Labourers toil at a brick kiln in Dolike village in Punjab state, India. AFP

Ayaan, 10, has fun at Toshi's Nets Gallery the day before Eid, at OliOli Children's Museum, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Firefighters try to extinguish burning rubbish after a blaze broke out at the Perungudi landfill site in Chennai. AFP

Buddhist monks arrive for a meeting at Independence Memorial Hall in Colombo to express their solidarity with those protesting against the government's contribution to Sri Lanka's crippling economic meltdown. AFP

Afghans celebrate Eid Al Fitr in Kabul, marking the end of Ramadan. EPA

Farmers erect a maypole with the help of wooden beams and a tractor in Windischgarsten, Austria. The maypole is an old tradition of the Austrian countryside celebrating the beginning of spring. Reuters

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