Today's best photos: flying high with Maradona and Air Force cadet celebrations

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

Rock singer Juanes performs in front of a plane dedicated to the late soccer legend Diego Maradona at a military base in Moron, Buenos Aires. A ceremony was held before the jet departs on a world tour that will end in Doha in time for the 2022 World Cup. It will carry and display Maradona’s belongings, including football jerseys. AP

A peregrine falcon perches on a branch above the Palisades Cliffs in Alpine, New Jersey, US. Reuters

People queue to buy kerosene for domestic use at a supply station in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP

Hanganani Gideon Dube, 75, a farmer at his homestead in the village of Mabale, in Hwange, Zimbabwe. About a year ago, he was trampled by an elephant while tending to his cattle. The number of Zimbabweans being killed by the creatures has risen, a consequence of the country’s successful work to conserve the endangered animals. AFP

A man holds a chicken he bought in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Reuters

Men wearing traditional dress compete in a horse race in Misurata, Libya. Reuters

A boat containing dozens of migrants capsizes off the coast of Tunisia. About 110 people were rescued by Open Arms, a non-profit organisation, during a mission in the Mediterranean Sea. AP

Nasa teams work outside Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft after it landed at White Sands Missile Range’s Space Harbour, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) is Starliner’s second uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station as part of Nasa’s Commercial Crew Programme. EPA

People are supporting Rosa Gonzalez, the friend of a couple whose daughter was killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The town’s tight-knit Latino community of Uvalde was devastated on Wednesday after a teenager in body armour marched into the school and killed 19 children and two teachers. AFP

Haitians who arrived in Cuba while trying to sail to the US queue for health care and to be registered at a tourist campsite in Sierra Morena, Villa Clara province. They were on a vessel carrying more than 800 Haitians who were trying to reach the US, Cuban state media said on Wednesday. AP

Air Force Academy cadets throw their hats into the air as the Thunderbirds flyover at the end of graduation on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colo. . (Jerilee Bennett / The Gazette via AP)

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