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Star trails and aircraft flight paths form patterns in the night sky in this image from a Dubai Astronomy Group event in the Al Khateem Art Hub. Antonie Robertson / The National -
Students at Repton School Abu Dhabi receive their A-level results. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
Firefighters tackling a wildfire in Palem Raya, South Sumatra, Indonesia. EPA -
People watch a partial solar eclipse from Primrose Hill in London, UK. AFP -
A labourer carries dates at an orchard in Khairpur, in Pakistan’s Sindh province. AFP -
A decorator on the Boudhanath Stupa, a vast domed Buddhist monument, in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA -
Sweet vendors at a railway station in Mumbai, India. AFP -
Punks enjoy the sunshine during Blackpool's Rebellion Festival in the UK. Getty Images -
Damage to Chornomorets Stadium from a Russian drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine. Reuters -
A migrant sleeps on outdoor steps after mass crossings from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Reuters -
Young Palestinian men jump into the sea at the port in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. EPA -
Giant flames rage during a wildfire in a national park in Probolinggo, Indonesia. Reuters -
A sandbar uncovered by falling water levels in the Danube River near Ilok, Croatia. AFP -
A white stork nests on the concrete pillar of an unfinished building in Novi Sad, Serbia. AFP -
Large waves crash on to the waterfront as Typhoon Dolphin approaches Taizhou, China. Reuters -
A jockey and his bulls take part in the Moichara cattle race in Herovanga village, West Benghal, India. EPA -
Children watch a wildfire in Ogan Ilir regency, South Sumatra province, Indonesia. Reuters -
Rescue volunteers take part in the search for bodies amid the rubble 46 days after the 7. 2 and 7. 5-magnitude earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela. AFP -
A person holds an inverted umbrella as winds intensify ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Dolphin in Shanghai, China. Reuters -
Performers gather before a Bapedi Dinaka dance performance at a family gathering for a lobola (bride price) ceremony in Polokwane, South Africa. AFP -
A closed water slide and exposed lakebed during a heat wave on Lake Velence, Hungary. Bloomberg -
Dancers from Caracalla Dance Theatre perform during the opening of the Faqra Festival at the ancient Faqra ruins in Kfardebian, Lebanon. EPA -
A woman wades through a flooded street in Wetlet, in Myanmar's Sagaing region. AFP -
Wildfire smoke looms above a cow on the Princeton-Kamloops Highway in British Columbia, Canada. Reuters -
People search for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building after a deadly earthquake in Cali, Colombia. AFP -
Al Jazira's Bruno, centre, battles with Al Ittihad's Faris Abdi, right and Houssem Aouar in an AFC Champions League Elite qualifier at Mohamed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National -
A mother swings her child around smoke where a straw effigy of the mythical demon Ghanta Karna was burnt during celebrations of the Hindu festival Gathemangal in Bhaktapur, Nepal. EPA -
A fire at the Zawiya refinery in Libya after a storage tank was attacked. AFP -
President Vladimir Putin discusses eastern border security on the missile cruiser Varyag, off the coast of Russia's Sakhalin region. EPA -
A shooting party in the Angus Glens as the grouse season opens, in Kirriemuir, Scotland. Getty Images
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