Today's best photos: from Florida flooding to a downpour in Yemen

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

A person takes pictures of a car that is stranded in flood water on Fort Lauderdale International Airport's West Perimeter road in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, 13 April 2023. Heavy rains in the past days produced flooding in the lower areas of the Miami-Dade and Broward counties. EPA / CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH

A woman, 40, is photographed after being interviewed in Saint Louis, Senegal. AP Photo

Fireworks thrown by protesters explode near police during clashes in La Paz, Bolivia. AP Photo

Poppies blooming in a field of the Antelope Valley near Lancaster, California. EPA

Women in traditional dresses walk through an asparagus field near Beelitz, Germany. EPA

Assamese dancers prepare to perform as they attempt the Guinness World Record for the largest folk dance performance, in Guwahati, India. AP Photo

Palestinians arrive to cross the Qalandia checkpoint to attend the last Friday prayer of Ramadan at the Al Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem's Old City. EPA

A devotee returns with his brightly coloured bullock after participating in the Bagad Rath Yatra festival in Maharashtra, India. AP Photo

The Alambrado bridge after it collapsed in Caicedonia, Colombia. AFP

People are rescued by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation law enforcement from a flooded neighbourhood after heavy rain in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. AFP

A man and his child wear a plastic poncho over their heads to protect them from heavy rainfall in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA

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