Today's best photos: from London Fashion Week to whales in Tasmania

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

Model present creations by Fashion designer Susan Fang, for their Spring/Summer 2023 catwalk show on the fifth day of London Fashion Week June Edition, in London, on September 20, 2022. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP)

Birds sit in cages during a bird singing competition in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat. About 1,500 birds from Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore took part in the annual contest. AFP

Dozens of houses were destroyed in the Guillen neighbourhood in north-east Tegucigalpa in Honduras, following a chain of landslides triggered by heavy rains hitting the capital. AFP

The 'NIEDZWIEDZ-22' exercise, with subunits from all units of the 18th Mechanized Division and allied troops from the US and Britain participating, in Nowa Deba, Poland, on Tuesday. EPA

Artists perform during a 'Yandu Story' performance, in Yancheng, China. The large-scale immersive series of performances took more than a year of careful planning. EPA

An unfinished idol of Goddess Durga is protected from the rain in Kumartuli district ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, India. EPA

A child drinks a bottle of cola near a wall displaying images of presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia. Brazilians will go to polls on October 2. Getty Images

A vendor waits for customers at a toy shop in Colombo. AFP

Pilot whales beached at Macquarie Harbour in Tasmania. 'A pod of approximately 230 whales has stranded,' said the state's Department of Natural Resources and Environment. AFP

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