Today's best photos: From equinox celebrations in Mexico to F1 fans in Melbourne

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Hot-air balloons rise over the Teotihuacan pyramids in Mexico State during spring equinox celebrations. AFP

A kestrel catches a giant grasshopper near Kibbutz Nir Am, on the Israel-Gaza border. AFP

Paris at sunset. AFP

Carts pass electoral posters in Dhara, as 18 men and one woman compete to become Senegal's fifth president. AFP

Poza de la Becerra, a geological anomaly scientists say can help them understand the origins of Earth, climate change and the chances of life on Mars, in Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico. Reuters

A man takes shelter in a metro station during an air-raid alert in Kyiv. Reuters

Astronaut Tracy Dyson and Marina Vasilevskaya, who is set to become the first Belarusian woman in space, prepare for blast off to the International Space Station at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Reuters

Puerto Rican golfer Rafael Campos feeds a squirrel during the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbour, Florida. AFP

A Palestinian woman carries her triplet children as she flees an Israeli raid at Al Shifa Hospital, in Gaza city. Reuters

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hides inside her jacket after opposition politician Angelo Bonelli told her not to give him a 'disturbing look' during a briefing in Parliament. AP

Eddie Terrell Parker and his aunt Linda Rawls express their joy at the 40-year prison sentence given to former Rankin County sheriff's deputy Christian Dedmon by a federal judge in Jackson, Mississippi. Dedmon was sentenced for his part in the racist torture of the pair by a group of white officers who called themselves the ‘Goon Squad’. AP

A Palestinian girl goes shopping with her cat in Rafah, southern Gaza. Getty Images

Fans wait for F1 drivers to arrive at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia, 21 March 2024. The 2024 Australia Formula 1 Grand Prix is held on 24 March. EPA / JOEL CARRETT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

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