Today's best photos: from an immersive Monet experience to the Bledisloe Cup

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

A woman stands next to paintings by french impressionist Claude Monet displayed on an Immersive Wall during a preview entitled 'En Voyage with Claude Monet. The First-ever Immersive Experience of Monet in Hong Kong' in Hong Kong, China, 15 September 2022. The immersive experience featuring works from the impressionist painter will bring more than 300 paintings to life through an application of light, sound and a 360 degrees animation when it opens on 27 October 2022. EPA / JEROME FAVRE

Members of the public pay their respects as they pass the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it lies in state in Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster in London. AFP

A Cambodian vendor sleeps in a hammock being carried by a motor-cart past the Phnom Penh Municipal Court building in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. AP

A man leans against a door frame in the Pelourinho neighbourhood of Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil. AP

Women compete in colourful charro costumes adorned with silver studs, showing off their lasso skills and making their horses dance to a live mariachi band, in Jalisco, Mexico. EPA

Army cadets arrive at Constitution Square before the start of a ceremony to celebrate Guatemala's and Central America's 201 years of independence from Spain, in Guatemala City. AP

Pope Francis waves at the end of a meeting with priests, religious leaders, seminarians and catechists at the Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Cathedral in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. AP

Maria, centre, hugs her parents Marina and Alexander during their first meeting after seven months since the beginning of the war in the recently retaken town of Izium, Ukraine. AP

Flood victims gather to receive food handout in a camp, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Sehwan, Pakistan. Reuters

A man runs with looted goods during protests over rising fuel prices and crime as inflation surged to its highest in a decade, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Reuters

New Zealand's Sam Whitelock, top left, wins a line out while playing Australia in their Bledisloe rugby test in Melbourne, Australia. AP

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