Today's best photos: from UK royals at the Animal Ball to the Yankees' perfect game

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 28: King Charles III and Queen Camilla pose with masquerade masks as they attend the Animal Ball at Lancaster House to mark the 20th anniversary of wildlife conservation charity Elephant Family on June 28, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Heathcliff O'Malley - WPA Pool / Getty Images)

An aerial view of a band playing on the top of a high-rise building in Nanchang, in China's central-eastern Jiangxi province. AFP

A visitor views Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's installation You, Me and The Balloons, ahead of the Manchester International Festival, in northern England. Reuters

A worshipper at Nizamiye Mosque during Eid Al Adha celebrations in Johannesburg, South Africa. EPA

Worshippers perform Eid Al Adha prayers at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka. EPA

Acrobat Jeka Dehtiarov in a performance by the Swiss Dream Circus in Damansara, outside Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur. EPA

A police officer surveys the scene after an SUV was partially swallowed by a sinkhole on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta, in the south-eastern US state of Georgia. EPA

A broad-snouted caiman in Piratininga Alfredo Sirkis Waterfront Park, in Niteroi, south-east Brazil. AP

Commercial building KII in Dusseldorf, western Germany. More than 30,000 hornbeams have been planted on the structure, creating Europe's largest green facade. AP

A boy sits next to qurbani goats during Eid Al Adha in India's capital New Delhi. EPA

Worshippers offer prayers at Jama Masjid in New Delhi, during Eid Al Adha. EPA

Vehicles from a Volkswagen car factory, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in Sao Paulo state, eastern Brazil. Production has been halted due to 'market stagnation'. EPA

A tram destroyed during protests in Clamart, south-west of Paris. These came after police shot dead a boy of 17 in Nanterre, in the capital's western suburbs. AFP

A horse performs at a ceremony inaugurating the new city of Arkadag - named in honour of Turkmenistan's former leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov - 30km outside the capital Ashgabat. AFP

Fairgoers take a ride as they celebrate Eid Al Adha in Iraq's capital Baghdad. Reuters

The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy's Effelsberg radio telescope, near Bad Munstereifel, in western Germany. Astronomers announced on Thursday that they have found evidence of gravitational waves that create a 'background hum' throughout the universe. AFP

New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German poses with team-mates after pitching a perfect game against the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. He retired every Oakland batter in an 11-0 victory. Reuters

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