Today's best photos: From pro-Palestine protester to India rocket trial run

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

A person participates in a pro-Palestinian rally in front of the Israeli Embassy, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Bangkok, Thailand, October 21, 2023. REUTERS / Athit Perawongmetha

A man casts a fishing net into floodwaters at a temple on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on October 21, 2023. AFP

An embrace for Kier Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour Party, at a by-election victory event for Sarah Edwards, newly elected MP for Tamworth, at Tamworth Football Stadium, Staffordshire, central England, on October 20, 2023. Reuters

Visitors on an escalator at the 2023 World Science Fiction Convention in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, on October 21, 2023. AFP

An aunt of Issam Abdallah, the Reuters video journalist who was killed in southern Lebanon while filming an Israeli tank firing into Lebanon, during a candlelight vigil in his name in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 20, 2023. Reuters

South Africa's captain Aiden Markram at the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup one-day international match between England and South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on October 21, 2023. AFP

Environment-conscious Taiwanese bride Iris Hsueh and her groom Ian Ciou pose for a photograph in front of a rubbish heap in Puli Township, Nantou county, as a green message for their wedding guests. AFP

Volunteers and NGO workers return to the Egyptian side of border on October 21, 2023, after making food and medicine deliveries to Palestinians in Gaza, Getty Images

The Indian Space Research Organisation's Gaganyaan Test Vehicle lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh state. AFP

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