Today's best photos: From a bridge over the Ganges to a Polish mine

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Hindu devotees arrive to bathe at the Sangam – the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati – on the Mauni Amavasya auspicious day, during the Magh Mela festival in Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh, northern India. AFP

A reveller takes part in a parade by street carnival group Loucura Suburbana – Suburban Craziness – in the Engenho de Dentro neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. AFP

A boy practises his backflip technique in a tent camp for Palestinians displaced by Israeli strikes, near Rafah, southern Gaza. Reuters

Poland's Robert Lukaszewicz and Filip Jachim in the final of the men's 10m platform synchro diving event, at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha. They finished 12th. AFP

Geoglyph land art created by the Caritamaya community, following an ancestral agricultural system, in Acora district, in Puno, southern Peru. AFP

A Ukrainian coast guard on a patrol boat in the Black Sea, as Russia’s war in Ukraine moves towards its third year. Reuters

A young fashionista at a show at a shopping mall in South Tangerang, Banten province, Indonesia. Reuters

Miners more than a kilometre underground in Bogdanka coal mine, near Lublin, eastern Poland. AFP

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