Today's best photos: From a planet's death to US writers' strike

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

**** EMBARGO 17. 00 PARIS TIME **** A handout artist impression released by NSF's NOIRLab on May 3, 2023, shows a star devouring one of its planets as astronomers, using the Gemini South telescope in Chile, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have observed the first compelling evidence of a dying Sun-like star engulfing an exoplanet. - The “smoking gun” of this event was seen in a long and low-energy outburst from the star — the telltale signature of a planet skimming along a star’s surface. This never-before-seen process may herald the ultimate fate of Earth when our own Sun nears the end of its life in about five billion years. (Photo by Handout / NSF's NOIRLab / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / NSF'S NOIRLab " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Yeomen of the Guard prepare to board a coach in London on their way to the coronation of the UK's King Charles III. Getty

The command centre of the Cold War-era former West German government bunker in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, which was abandoned in 2007 by the reunification government. Getty

Ukrainian photographer Arsenii Gerasymenko takes pictures on the front line with his Graflex Speed graphic 4 x 5 inch camera more often used for landscape and fashion pictures. AFP

Erosion threatens the town of Buriticupu in Brazil. The phenomenon of 'vocorocas', or torn earth, is caused by a lack of urban planning and aggressive deforestation. AFP

Guests attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace, London, to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. AP

UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi's picture of the Eye of the Sahara, taken from the International Space Station. Photo: Sultan al Neyadi

A 'No Drone Zone' sign in Moscow's Red Square. Russia has banned unauthorised drone flights over the city after the Kremlin said it came under attack from Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles. EPA

Traditional cannons are fired in Bogor, West Java, during the Kuluwung festival, which follows Eid Al Fitr in Indonesia. AFP

Flowers left outside the Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school in Serbia's capital Belgrade, a day after eight pupils and a security guard were killed in a shooting. AFP

A giant panda at Beijing Zoo. AP

Members of the Writers Guild of America demonstrate in front of Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Striking scriptwriters want better wages and working conditions. EPA

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