Today's best photos: from Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano to stowaways on a ship's rudder

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

In this long camera exposure, cars drive down Saddle Road as Mauna Loa erupts in the distance, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano erupted Monday for the first time in 38 years. (AP Photo / Marco Garcia)

The remains of sunken ships in one of the access channels to Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro. The bay has become a cemetery for abandoned ships, threatening the environment and creating risks for navigation and the infrastructures that surround it. EPA

Palestinians watch a live broadcast of the World Cup football match between South Korea and Ghana, in the street in Gaza City. AP Photo

Katara Cultural Village in Doha, Qatar. AP Photo

Match officials and players walk out ahead of the Fifa World Cup match between Portugal and Uruguay at Lusail Stadium in Qatar. Getty Images

A man steers a boat in Dal Lake amid a thick blanket of fog in Srinagar. AFP

A worker checks footballs at a factory in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province. AFP

A dog guards a car's compartment after a massive avalanche of mud and debris hit the town of Casamicciola Terme in Italy following intense rain. EPA

Uruguay fans watch the match between Uruguay and Portugal at the Qatar World Cup on a screen in Montevideo. Reuters

Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service said it has rescued three stowaways, pictured above, who were travelling on an oil tanker’s rudder in the Canary Islands after the vessel sailed there from Nigeria. AP

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