Today's best photos: From Akita dogs to big winter freeze in the UK

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Around 40 Akita dogs with their owners take part in a parade to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the legendary dog Hachiko, in Tokyo's Shibuya district on December 2, 2023. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT

Visually impaired men learning to read Braille at the Government School and Institute for the Blind in Peshawar, Pakistan, on the eve of the International Day of People with Disabilities. EPA

Bangladeshi artists perform as students celebrate the opening of the Dhaka University metro station. EPA

Displaced Palestinians shelter in tents by Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters

Czech history enthusiasts dressed as soldiers prepare for a re-enactment of Napoleon's Battle of Austerlitz, near the southern Moravian town of Slavkov u Brna. Reuters

Volcanic eruptions from Mount Etna light up the night sky in Catania, Italy. Reuters

Newly-arrived Rohingya refugees rest on a beach on Sabang island, Aceh province, Indonesia. AFP

A nun visits the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, at the start of the Christmas season, as the Israel-Gaza war continues. Reuters

Wood pigeons fly from a tree in a snow-covered field in the Kent Downs as temperatures plummet to -10°C in parts of the UK. Getty Images

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