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  • People play basketball as wildfire smoke from Canada creates a haze in New York. AFP
    People play basketball as wildfire smoke from Canada creates a haze in New York. AFP
  • Palestinian children cool down in a pool in the village of Bilin, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. AFP
    Palestinian children cool down in a pool in the village of Bilin, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. AFP
  • Emirati PFL fighter Zamzam Al Hammadi trains with coach Carl Booth at 971 MMA and Fitness Academy in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Emirati PFL fighter Zamzam Al Hammadi trains with coach Carl Booth at 971 MMA and Fitness Academy in Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • A tranquil scene at The Louvre Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    A tranquil scene at The Louvre Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • An e-scooter and a pedestrian cross Zayed The First Street in central Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    An e-scooter and a pedestrian cross Zayed The First Street in central Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • An Israeli attack targets Gaza city. Getty Images
    An Israeli attack targets Gaza city. Getty Images
  • Visitors to Lebanon's National Museum during the Museum Night event in Beirut. EPA
    Visitors to Lebanon's National Museum during the Museum Night event in Beirut. EPA
  • A shire horses is judged on the first day of the 167th Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate, England. Getty Images
    A shire horses is judged on the first day of the 167th Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate, England. Getty Images
  • Tour de France riders pass a classic car during stage 12 of the race, between Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours and Chalon-sur-Saone in central France. AFP
    Tour de France riders pass a classic car during stage 12 of the race, between Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours and Chalon-sur-Saone in central France. AFP
  • Piles of black sand on a beach depleted by sand mining near Ribeira da Barca, Cape Verde. AFP
    Piles of black sand on a beach depleted by sand mining near Ribeira da Barca, Cape Verde. AFP
  • A South African resident holds up his ID card during an anti-migrant protest in Alexandra, near Johannesburg. AFP
    A South African resident holds up his ID card during an anti-migrant protest in Alexandra, near Johannesburg. AFP
  • Doctors check hunger striker Sonam Wangchuk’s vital signs in New Delhi, India. The activist is demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities. AFP
    Doctors check hunger striker Sonam Wangchuk’s vital signs in New Delhi, India. The activist is demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities. AFP
  • A volunteer searching for the bodies of earthquake victims takes a rest under a beam of a collapsed building where "God is love" has been written in the dust, in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela. AFP
    A volunteer searching for the bodies of earthquake victims takes a rest under a beam of a collapsed building where "God is love" has been written in the dust, in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela. AFP
  • A coal miner, left, stands on top of a wind turbine with an instructor during a training programme to help miners transition into the wind industry, in Gorzyca, Poland. AFP
    A coal miner, left, stands on top of a wind turbine with an instructor during a training programme to help miners transition into the wind industry, in Gorzyca, Poland. AFP
  • A Russian drone hits a car in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. Reuters
    A Russian drone hits a car in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. Reuters
  • Red flower petals lie on top of blood stains after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot dead a driver in Biddeford, Maine. Reuters
    Red flower petals lie on top of blood stains after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot dead a driver in Biddeford, Maine. Reuters
  • Egypt's returning World Cup players wave from an open-top bus to cheering fans as they enter Cairo International Stadium. AFP
    Egypt's returning World Cup players wave from an open-top bus to cheering fans as they enter Cairo International Stadium. AFP
  • A French supporter watches the World Cup semi-final match between France and Spain on a giant screen at Toulouse Stadium. AFP
    A French supporter watches the World Cup semi-final match between France and Spain on a giant screen at Toulouse Stadium. AFP
  • Palestinian students attend Birzeit University's first graduation ceremony since the start of the Gaza war on October 7. AFP
    Palestinian students attend Birzeit University's first graduation ceremony since the start of the Gaza war on October 7. AFP
  • A gondola passes a portrait of Qatar's former emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa at a mall in Doha after the announcement of his death. AFP
    A gondola passes a portrait of Qatar's former emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa at a mall in Doha after the announcement of his death. AFP
  • A wildfire in the Spanish southern province of Almeria. Getty Images
    A wildfire in the Spanish southern province of Almeria. Getty Images
  • Restoration work on cultural artefacts collected during the war in Gaza is carried out in a tent in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. AFP
    Restoration work on cultural artefacts collected during the war in Gaza is carried out in a tent in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. AFP
  • Argentina's Julian Alvarez curls in his team's second goal during their extra-time World Cup victory over Switzerland. Reuters
    Argentina's Julian Alvarez curls in his team's second goal during their extra-time World Cup victory over Switzerland. Reuters
  • French Navy officers on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier off the coast of Corsica. AFP
    French Navy officers on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier off the coast of Corsica. AFP
  • A flooded crossroads in the wake of Typhoon Bavi in Yueqing, China. EPA
    A flooded crossroads in the wake of Typhoon Bavi in Yueqing, China. EPA
  • A man lies in the mud after digging a drainage channel to prevent flooding around tents in the aftermath of the June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela. Reuters
    A man lies in the mud after digging a drainage channel to prevent flooding around tents in the aftermath of the June 24 earthquakes in Venezuela. Reuters
  • A French paratrooper parachutes past the top of the Eiffel Tower during rehearsals for the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris. Reuters
    A French paratrooper parachutes past the top of the Eiffel Tower during rehearsals for the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris. Reuters
  • Afghan shepherds walk with their flock in the mountainous Argo district of Badakhshan province. AFP
    Afghan shepherds walk with their flock in the mountainous Argo district of Badakhshan province. AFP
  • A woman uses a fan to cool off during hot weather, alongside a bullfighter's assistant at the final bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Reuters
    A woman uses a fan to cool off during hot weather, alongside a bullfighter's assistant at the final bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Reuters

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July 17, 2026

Updated: July 18, 2026, 4:22 AM
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