• Government officials take selfies in front of a portrait of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn during celebrations to mark his 72nd birthday, outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP)
    Government officials take selfies in front of a portrait of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn during celebrations to mark his 72nd birthday, outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok on July 28, 2024. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP)
  • Indonesian President Joko Widodo, centre, rides a motorcycle during his visit to Indonesia's new capital city Nusantara, in East Kalimantan. EPA
    Indonesian President Joko Widodo, centre, rides a motorcycle during his visit to Indonesia's new capital city Nusantara, in East Kalimantan. EPA
  • Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights. AFP
    Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights. AFP
  • A Palestinian child inspects the rubble of a school destroyed in an Israeli air strike on Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip. AP
    A Palestinian child inspects the rubble of a school destroyed in an Israeli air strike on Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip. AP
  • US's Simone Biles competes in the balance beam event of the artistic gymnastics women's qualification during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris. AFP
    US's Simone Biles competes in the balance beam event of the artistic gymnastics women's qualification during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris. AFP
  • Celebrations to mark the 71st anniversary of the end of the Korean War, in front of the Victory Monument of the Fatherland Liberation War in Pyongyang. AFP
    Celebrations to mark the 71st anniversary of the end of the Korean War, in front of the Victory Monument of the Fatherland Liberation War in Pyongyang. AFP
  • A fisherman casts his line into the Mediterranean Sea from a rocky area along the Beirut coastline, on a sweltering hot day. AP
    A fisherman casts his line into the Mediterranean Sea from a rocky area along the Beirut coastline, on a sweltering hot day. AP
  • Members of the presidential guar line up to vote during presidential elections in Caracas, Venezuela. AP
    Members of the presidential guar line up to vote during presidential elections in Caracas, Venezuela. AP
  • A man carries his cat while attending cat night at the Shanghai Museum in Shanghai. AFP
    A man carries his cat while attending cat night at the Shanghai Museum in Shanghai. AFP
  • French supporters wave flags during the women's pool C beach volleyball match between Germany and France at Eiffel Tower Stadium at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. AP
    French supporters wave flags during the women's pool C beach volleyball match between Germany and France at Eiffel Tower Stadium at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. AP

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Best photos of July 28: King Maha's birthday to cat night at Shanghai Museum

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The National

July 28, 2024

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