Today's best photos: From a heatwave in Cairo to basketball action in LA

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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  Ezi Magbegor, centre, of the Seattle Storm rebounds against the Los Angeles Sparks at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington. Getty Images

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  Youths cool off in a swimming pool during a heatwave in the Dewika district of Cairo. Bloomberg

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  People rest in the shade at the Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. AFP

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  Suspected gang members wait to be taken to their cells in the newly opened Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Reuters

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  Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi celebrates after winning the men's high jump final at the European Athletics Championships, at Stadio Olimpico, Rome. Reuters

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  Texas Rangers left fielder Wyatt Langford cannot get to a ball hit for a three-run home run by Los Angeles Dodgers' Will Smith during the first inning of the opener of the interleague series in Los Angeles. AP Photo

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  A Palestinian girl stands in her damaged home after an Israeli raid in the village of Kafr Dan, near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. EPA

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  Muslim worshippers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. AFP

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  A woman shelters from the sun under an umbrella as she cycles along a Beijing street. AFP

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