Today's best photos: From an ashram in Mathura to a protest in Buenos Aires

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Hindu devotees gather as they listen to a spiritual speaker at an ashram on a cold winter morning in Mathura on December 21, 2023. (Photo by AFP)

Migrants gather at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas. EPA

A seven-year-old female orangutan named Shizuka looks on from inside a cage during a ceremony in Thailand held before the smuggled orangutans were sent back to Indonesia. EPA

People work at an aid distribution centre for earthquake victims in Jishishan county, in China's north-western Gansu province. AFP

People visit the 25th Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, in China’s northern Heilongjiang province. AFP

Officials from the national electoral commission count votes at a polling station in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. AFP

Female members of the Mandalay People’s Defence Forces head to the front line amid clashes with the Myanmar military in northern Shan State. AFP

An Indigenous man performs the Flying Pole outside Santo Tomas church in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. AFP

PSG players Kylian Mbappe and his brother Ethan look on during a French L1 football match between PSG and FC Metz in Paris. AFP

Protesters gather at Plaza de Mayo Square during the first demonstration against the new government of Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AFP

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