Today's best photos: from Italian ice cream to sitting volleyball

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Migrants buy ice creams on the Italian island of Lampedusa on September 13, 2023. Over 6. 000 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa in the last 36 hours, according to the Italian Red Cross. Police started to move some of the migrants to Sicily by ferry and plane. (Photo by alessandro serrano / AFP)

Fire tears through Mohammadpur Krishi market in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Reuters

The Ocean Explorer cruise ship, which has run aground off north-western Greenland with more than 200 people on board. AP

A giant Indian Urubu towers over a toddler at a farm that breeds giant roosters in Formosa, Brazil. Reuters

A huge rugby ball is installed on the Column of the Goddess statue in Lille, during the Rugby World Cup in France. AFP

At work in a textile factory in Nantong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP

A poster featuring Caravaggio's The Supper at Emmaus outside the National Gallery in London. AP

Conservative MP Anna Firth competes in the agility section with her dog at an event in Victoria Tower Gardens, London. Getty Images

A long-time friend pauses at the coffin of former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson as he lies in state in Santa Fe. AP

Climate activists wear masks with the face of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, protesting against what they say is the government's lack of action. EPA

A civil protection team prepares to recover bodies from a collapsed building in Imi Ntala, Amizmiz, after the Morocco earthquake. EPA

Germany and Nigeria battle it out in a sitting volleyball match at the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf. Getty Images

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