Best photos of April 22: Dubai Millennium at Expo City to elections in Gaza

  • Tour guide Ahmed Gholam admires the statue of Dubai Millennium. The artwork at Vision Pavilion in Expo City, Dubai, is made from marble imported from Spain. It stands at 5.5 metres tall and weighs 52 tonnes. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Tour guide Ahmed Gholam admires the statue of Dubai Millennium. The artwork at Vision Pavilion in Expo City, Dubai, is made from marble imported from Spain. It stands at 5.5 metres tall and weighs 52 tonnes. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Lea Vicens, a French mounted bullfighter (rejoneadora), rides to the arena before her performance at the Maestranza bullring in Seville, Spain. Reuters
    Lea Vicens, a French mounted bullfighter (rejoneadora), rides to the arena before her performance at the Maestranza bullring in Seville, Spain. Reuters
  • Grey seals rest on a sandy islet in the Baltic Sea as the Sun begins to set near Mikoszewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. AFP
    Grey seals rest on a sandy islet in the Baltic Sea as the Sun begins to set near Mikoszewo, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. AFP
  • Riza Kayaalp of Turkey, in blue, and Darius Vitek of Hungary fight in the final of men's Greco-Roman 130kg category of the European Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania. EPA
    Riza Kayaalp of Turkey, in blue, and Darius Vitek of Hungary fight in the final of men's Greco-Roman 130kg category of the European Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania. EPA
  • Displaced Somali pupils head back for after school hours at a camp for internally displaced persons in the outskirts of Kismayo town. AFP
    Displaced Somali pupils head back for after school hours at a camp for internally displaced persons in the outskirts of Kismayo town. AFP
  • Valentyna Ananenko, 58, wife of Oleksii Ananenko, a Hero of Ukraine for his role in a 1986 mission beneath the fourth Chernobyl nuclear reactor, visits the burnt-out flat of her neighbour after a Russian attack on Kyiv. Reuters
    Valentyna Ananenko, 58, wife of Oleksii Ananenko, a Hero of Ukraine for his role in a 1986 mission beneath the fourth Chernobyl nuclear reactor, visits the burnt-out flat of her neighbour after a Russian attack on Kyiv. Reuters
  • A Shinto priest walks along a corridor of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. AFP
    A Shinto priest walks along a corridor of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. AFP
  • Voters read instructions for the upcoming municipal elections in Deir Al Balah in the central Gaza Strip. AFP
    Voters read instructions for the upcoming municipal elections in Deir Al Balah in the central Gaza Strip. AFP