Today's best photos: from the Saudi Hawks aerobatic team to Pakistan's Elite Police squad

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Pilots of the Royal Saudi Air Force Hawks aerobatic team perform during a show in Kuwait City on February 26, 2023 as the Gulf state marks its 62nd Independence Day and 32nd anniversary of the end of the Gulf war with the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)

Wreckage from a boat on a beach near Cutro, southern Italy. Dozens of migrants were killed and scores more remain missing. AP Photo

Cars were torched overnight at this scrapyard in the Palestinian town of Huwara, in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers ran amok. AFP

Storm clouds gather over the San Gabriel mountain range in southern California, as a powerful winter storm heads for Los Angeles. AP

Fans throw toys on to the pitch during the Turkish Super League match between Besiktas and Antalyaspor in Istanbul. They are to be donated to children affected by the February 6 earthquake. AP

Volunteer Mohammed Alaa al-Jalil tends to cats rescued from the rubble of earthquake-affected buildings, at an animal shelter in al-Bab, in Aleppo, Syria. AFP

Police fire teargas to disperse activists of the opposition National People’s Power (NPP) party during an anti-government protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka. AFP

Astronauts prepare to board the SpaceX Dragon for a Nasa mission launch at Kennedy Space Centre, Florida. AFP

Australia celebrate winning the T20 women's World Cup final against South Africa at Newlands Stadium, Cape Town. AFP

A police officer rappels off a building during a practice session at the Elite Police Training Centre in Nowshera, Pakistan. Reuters

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