Today's best photos: from donkey racing to New York Fashion Week

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

The annual donkey festival gets under way in Salcedo, Ecuador. AP Photo / Dolores Ochoa

People sit before the east river and the 'Tribute in Light' installation in New York commemorating the 9/11 terrorist attacks. AFP

A picture of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is seen among flowers outside Buckingham Palace in London. AFP

Pedestrians cross a road past apartment blocks in Hong Kong’s To Kwa Wan area. AFP

Firefighters in Hidalgo, Mexico, where several people died after a passenger truck collided with the trailer of a fuel truck. Reuters

Hundreds of students protest for better education conditions in Santiago, Chile. EPA

Fashion from the Prabal Gurung Spring Summer 2023 collection is modeled during Fashion Week, Saturday Sept. 10, 2022 in New York. (AP Photo / Bebeto Matthews)

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Thursday's best photos: from a library in a basement to a football match on a mountain

Wednesday's best photos: from a wildfire in California to the Tarantula Nebula

Tuesday's best photos: from a typhoon in South Korea to Boris Johnson leaving Downing Street

Monday's best photos: from a B-52 bomber over Kuwait to UK's next PM