Today's best photos: from China's Communist Party Congress to flooding in Australia

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

Delegates applaud as Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China's ruling Communist Party held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. China on Sunday opens a twice-a-decade party conference at which leader Xi Jinping is expected to receive a third five-year term that breaks with recent precedent and establishes himself as arguably the most powerful Chinese politician since Mao Zedong. (AP Photo / Mark Schiefelbein)

Celia Xakriaba, from the Xakriaba indigenous people, elected candidate for Minas Gerais state deputy, in Brazil. Reuters / Adriano Machado

Karina Joseph, 19, comforts her two-year-old child, Holanda Sineus, as she receives treatment for cholera at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Reuters / Ricardo Arduengo

People dressed in Star Wars costumes participate in a Star Wars-themed parade in front of the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City, Mexico. EPA / Jose Mendez

A member of the public drags an activist across the road during a 'Just Stop Oil' protest in London. Reuters / Henry Nicholls

A Basuto jumps while being paraded with others by Lesotho horsemen in Semonkong, a remote town in the Maluti mountains. AFP

Women and female relatives mourn during the funeral of Ridvan Acet killed in an explosion in a coal mine in Amasra, Turkey. AFP

A band plays during the Pope's weekly Angelus prayer at St. Peters' square in The Vatican. AFP

A flooded street in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. EPA

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