Today's best photos: from a 490-kilo pumpkin to Wakanda Forever premier

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

Sarah Beth Baker, left, helps other volunteers position her 1,080 pound pumpkin at the Pumpkin House on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, in Kenova, W. Va. (Sholten Singer / The Herald-Dispatch via AP)

Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze after shelling at an oil terminal in the town of Shakhtarsk near Donetsk, in the Russian-controlled region of Ukraine. Reuters

An elderly couple hug each other while sitting on a bench in the front-line town of Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. AFP

Emergency service members wearing bio-hazard suits participate in an anti-terror drill at the Kintex exhibition centre in Goyang. AFP

People walk on a pedestrian bridge that has text written on it that reads in Portuguese "Democracy", in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The country is set for a presidential run-off election scheduled for October 30. AP

Golden and rust-coloured leaves in the Gavre Forest near Nantes, France. Reuters

Iranian troops patrol the area after a deadly armed attack at the Shah Cheragh mausoleum, in Shiraz. AFP

A child stands next to a polluted channel, at a make-shift camp for Syrian refugees in Talhayat, north Lebanon. AFP

Workers sort plastics for drying, which will be recycled, on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh. AFP

Myhaylo Yurkiv, 65, climbs out of the small bunker in Tsupivka, Ukraine, in which he stayed for six months during fierce battles under Russian occupation. Every home was destroyed and the village was cut in two by the shelling of the bridge, leaving him now as the only person living on his side of the village. Reuters

People cross a foot bridge over the River Garry near Pitlochry, Scotland. Reuters

US troops put on camouflage paint before taking part in the Nato Iron Wolf military exercises in Pabrade, Lithuania. Getty Images

People look at Kokon's 'Ovidio' installation by Mari Eugenia de Diego, dislayed as part of the International Flower Festival 'Flora 2022', showing avant-garde creations with natural flowers in Cordoba, Spain. The installation won first prize at the festival. EPA

The mast of a sailboat rises above the fog that covers the port of Mahon, Balearic Islands, Spain. EPA

Cast member Lupita Nyong'o attends a premiere for the film 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' in Los Angeles, California. Reuters

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