Best photos of August 2: Kamala Harris in Maryland to the Warsaw Uprising anniversary

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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  JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - AUGUST 1: Democratic presidential candidate, U. S. Vice President Kamala Harris (L) embraces U. S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan after welcoming home freed prisoners Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva on August 1, 2024 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Their release, negotiated as part of a 24-person prisoner exchange with Russia that involved at least six countries, is the largest prisoner exchange in post-Soviet history. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images / AFP (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

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  Russia's President Vladimir Putin welcomes Russians released in the prisoner swap, at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. AFP

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  Lightning illuminates the sky above Sacre Coeur during the Olympic Games in Paris. Reuters

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  Competitors in action in the third heat of the women's cycling BMX racing quarter-finals at the Paris Olympics, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. AFP

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  Spectators during the Argentina-Germany men's volleyball match at the Paris Olympics. Reuters

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  Bus drivers whip a fellow driver for breaking a strike against fuel shortages in El Alto, Bolivia. AP

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  German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, right, is presented with a gift during a ceremony marking Germany's accession to the United Nations Command in South Korea, at the US military headquarters in Pyeongtaek. EPA

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  Visitors take photographs in front of the Cloud Gate sculpture, by Anish Kapoor, as it reflects the skyline in Chicago, Illinois, US. AFP

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  Poles light flares during a rally to mark the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupiers, in the Polish capital. AFP