Best photos of August 19: From beachgoers in China to wildfire damage in France

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Cooling off on a beach in Qingdao in Shandong province, eastern China, on August 18. AFP

Residents try to beat out a fire as it moves towards Rebordondo village, near Ourense, in north-western Spain. AP Photo

Yuna, a young African lioness rescued from Ukraine, in her enclosure a year after she arrived at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent, eastern England. PA

Troops from a Vietnamese honour guard prepare a welcoming ceremony for Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi. AFP

The drive of a tractor was critically injured after the vehicle fell from a flyover onto the motorway near Wrotham on the North Downs of Kent on August 18. PA

A Palestinian girl searches for useful items on a rubbish dump in Gaza city. AFP

Wessex Heavy Horses Shire horse Dime and logger James Foster pull fallen tree trunks from woodland at the National Trust property near Stourhead in Wiltshire, England. PA

Smoke rises from a brick kiln on the outskirts of Fayzabad district in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. AFP

A road runs through wildfire scorched land, near the village of Jonquieres in the Aude department of southern France. AFP