Today's best photos: From migrants in Lampedusa to Americans freed by Iran

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

A Italian Coast Guard boat carry migrants tourists on boat, botto, watch, near the port of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. The Italian Cabinet met Monday to adopt new measures to crack down on migration after the southern island of Lampedusa was again overwhelmed by a wave of arrivals from Tunisia and the migration issue again took center stage in Europe with talk of a naval blockade. (Cecilia Fabiano / LaPresse via AP)

Storm waves batter the breakwater and the lighthouse in Newhaven amid heavy rains and flooding for parts of England. Getty Images

Indian police secure the premises around the Canadian embassy in New Delhi. India asked a Canadian diplomat to leave after Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau accused India of involvement in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. EPA

Tractors parked in a field during a protest against the lifting of a ban on imports of grain coming from Ukraine, in Dolni Bogrov, near Sofia. AFP

People demonstrate outside the surviving Al-Sahaba mosque in Derna, as they protest against the government's neglect of the two dams which broke and led to the deadly flash floods that hit the Libyan city. AFP

The coffin of a protestor killed during a demonstration in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is carried before burial at the Makao cemetery in Goma. Reuters

The monument of Princess Olga dressed in a mock bulletproof vest with a sign reading "She needs armour" to draw attention to the need for armour designed specifically for women in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. AFP

A dolphin swims off the coast of Vitoria, Espirito Santo State, Brazil. AFP

Carolina Panthers safety Xavier Woods breaks up a pass in the end zone intended for New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas in the second quarter at Bank of America Stadium. Reuters

A tiny body of a specimen, that Mexican journalist and UFO enthusiast Jaime Maussan says is not related to any known Earthly species, pictured before an X-ray in Mexico. Reuters

A member of Standard Bank security personnel demands an Extinction Rebellion activist leave the area during an occupation protest outside the offices of Standard Bank South Africa in Johannesburg. EPA

The ring fortress Trelleborg in Hejningen, Denmark. The five Danish ring fortresses from the Viking Age were added to the Unesco World Heritage list. AFP

Minoru Suzuki and Sanshiro Takagi, wrestlers from Japanese professional DDT Pro-Wrestling, fight inside a Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Nagoya during a wrestling show. Reuters

Family members embrace freed Americans Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi, as well as two returnees whose names have not yet been released by the US government after a prisoner swap deal with Iran. AP

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