• TOPSHOT - A worker holds an handwoven carpet laid out in an open field to soften its colours under sizzling sun in Dosemealti district in Antalya on July 22, 2025. Thousands of carpets and kilims spread out in the sun form a festive and colourful patchwork on the outskirts of Antalya, the large coastal tourist city in southern Turkey. From June to September, in the harvested fields cleared of stubble, traders bring their cargoes to age in the sun, tempering the overly bright hues of their natural colours under its rays and ridding them of any unwanted elements. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)
    TOPSHOT - A worker holds an handwoven carpet laid out in an open field to soften its colours under sizzling sun in Dosemealti district in Antalya on July 22, 2025. Thousands of carpets and kilims spread out in the sun form a festive and colourful patchwork on the outskirts of Antalya, the large coastal tourist city in southern Turkey. From June to September, in the harvested fields cleared of stubble, traders bring their cargoes to age in the sun, tempering the overly bright hues of their natural colours under its rays and ridding them of any unwanted elements. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)
  • Thioro Faye, a high priestess known as saltigue among the Serer people, performs a Xooy divination ceremony in Fatick, Senegal. AFP
    Thioro Faye, a high priestess known as saltigue among the Serer people, performs a Xooy divination ceremony in Fatick, Senegal. AFP
  • Shara Magomedov, red gloves, fights Mark-Andre Barriault, blue gloves, during the middleweight bout of UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs de Ridder at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    Shara Magomedov, red gloves, fights Mark-Andre Barriault, blue gloves, during the middleweight bout of UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs de Ridder at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • A convoy of United Nations vehicles evacuating families from Sweida moves through the buffer zone in Busra al-Harir in Syria's southern Daraa province. AFP
    A convoy of United Nations vehicles evacuating families from Sweida moves through the buffer zone in Busra al-Harir in Syria's southern Daraa province. AFP
  • A mosque in Bur Dubai glimmers in the sun on a hot day in Bur Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    A mosque in Bur Dubai glimmers in the sun on a hot day in Bur Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • A Jordanian C-130 military aircraft airdrops aid supplies over the Gaza Strip. Getty Images
    A Jordanian C-130 military aircraft airdrops aid supplies over the Gaza Strip. Getty Images
  • People surround an aid convoy in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. AP
    People surround an aid convoy in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. AP
  • The Massed Pipes & Drums perform during the 75th Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle. AP
    The Massed Pipes & Drums perform during the 75th Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle. AP
  • A humid day in central Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    A humid day in central Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • Migrant workers from Cambodia wait to cross the Ban Laem border checkpoint in Chanthaburi, Thailand, following a ceasefire between the countries. Getty Images
    Migrant workers from Cambodia wait to cross the Ban Laem border checkpoint in Chanthaburi, Thailand, following a ceasefire between the countries. Getty Images
  • US President Donald Trump attends the opening ceremony for Trump International Golf Links near Aberdeen, Scotland. Reuters
    US President Donald Trump attends the opening ceremony for Trump International Golf Links near Aberdeen, Scotland. Reuters
  • Police personnel salute as officers carry the casket of NYPD officer Didarul Islam killed in the Manhattan shooting in New York City. AFP
    Police personnel salute as officers carry the casket of NYPD officer Didarul Islam killed in the Manhattan shooting in New York City. AFP
  • Switzerland's Jean-David Duval in action at World Aquatics Championships in Sentosa Island, Singapore. Reuters
    Switzerland's Jean-David Duval in action at World Aquatics Championships in Sentosa Island, Singapore. Reuters
  • Displaced Palestinian Samah Matar with her malnourished son Youssef, who has cerebral palsy, shelter at a school in Gaza city. Reuters
    Displaced Palestinian Samah Matar with her malnourished son Youssef, who has cerebral palsy, shelter at a school in Gaza city. Reuters
  • A drone shows the Cathedral of Brasilia designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in Brasilia. Reuters
    A drone shows the Cathedral of Brasilia designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in Brasilia. Reuters
  • Plants grow over Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport mini-buses that were discontinued from service after BEST ended its partnership with the lease operator over unresolved issues, at a bus depot in Mumbai, India. AP
    Plants grow over Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport mini-buses that were discontinued from service after BEST ended its partnership with the lease operator over unresolved issues, at a bus depot in Mumbai, India. AP
  • Mourners gather around the hearse carrying the remains of Lebanese musician, composer and writer Ziad Rahbani, outside Khoury Hospital in Beirut's central Hamra district. AFP
    Mourners gather around the hearse carrying the remains of Lebanese musician, composer and writer Ziad Rahbani, outside Khoury Hospital in Beirut's central Hamra district. AFP
  • Residents in Oddar Meanchey province, north-west Cambodia, head back towards the border area with Thailand, after the countries agreed to a truce following five days of fierce fighting. Reuters
    Residents in Oddar Meanchey province, north-west Cambodia, head back towards the border area with Thailand, after the countries agreed to a truce following five days of fierce fighting. Reuters
  • The sun sets behind the desolate landscape in northern Gaza, after almost 22 months of Israeli strikes. Reuters
    The sun sets behind the desolate landscape in northern Gaza, after almost 22 months of Israeli strikes. Reuters
  • A migrant runs to board a dinghy to try to cross the English Channel, at Gravelines, northern France. AFP
    A migrant runs to board a dinghy to try to cross the English Channel, at Gravelines, northern France. AFP
  • Fire-eaters in a religious procession during the Kanwar Yatra pilgrimage in the sacred Hindu month of Shravan, in Ajmer, in Rajasthan, north-west India. AFP
    Fire-eaters in a religious procession during the Kanwar Yatra pilgrimage in the sacred Hindu month of Shravan, in Ajmer, in Rajasthan, north-west India. AFP
  • Vegetable sellers arrange their stock on a waterlogged street after heavy rain in Amritsar, north-west India. AFP
    Vegetable sellers arrange their stock on a waterlogged street after heavy rain in Amritsar, north-west India. AFP
  • Eight former Poor Clares nuns, excommunicated after separating from the Catholic church, give a press conference following a court hearing as they fight eviction, at the Santa Clara Monastery in Beldorado, northern Spain. AFP
    Eight former Poor Clares nuns, excommunicated after separating from the Catholic church, give a press conference following a court hearing as they fight eviction, at the Santa Clara Monastery in Beldorado, northern Spain. AFP
  • An ant inside a flower at the Parc Floral in eastern Paris. AFP
    An ant inside a flower at the Parc Floral in eastern Paris. AFP
  • Holidaymakers on balconies at the Alohilani Resort in Honolulu, Hawaii, look towards Waikiki Beach after a tsunami alert following an earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. Reuters
    Holidaymakers on balconies at the Alohilani Resort in Honolulu, Hawaii, look towards Waikiki Beach after a tsunami alert following an earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. Reuters
  • The Royal Moroccan Air Force's aerobatic team, Marche Verte, performs in Tetouan on Throne Day, marking the anniversary of King Mohammed VI's ascension. AFP
    The Royal Moroccan Air Force's aerobatic team, Marche Verte, performs in Tetouan on Throne Day, marking the anniversary of King Mohammed VI's ascension. AFP
  • Firefighters battle a wildfire near Caminomorisco in western Spain. AFP
    Firefighters battle a wildfire near Caminomorisco in western Spain. AFP
  • Dead whales on Heisaura beach in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Reuters
    Dead whales on Heisaura beach in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Reuters
  • Two women and a girl march with other Shiite Muslim devotees in the Midaina district of Iraq's Basra province at sunset. AFP
    Two women and a girl march with other Shiite Muslim devotees in the Midaina district of Iraq's Basra province at sunset. AFP
  • A boy dives into the Euphrates river to cool off during a heatwave in the Midaina district in the north of Iraq's southern province of Basra. AFP
    A boy dives into the Euphrates river to cool off during a heatwave in the Midaina district in the north of Iraq's southern province of Basra. AFP

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