• An Indian child takes shelter from the rain under a plastic sheet in New Delhi. The monsoon rains have started in the Indian capital following a spell of record hot weather, bringing down temperatures and increasing humidity at the start of a monsoon season which is expected to be “deficient”, according to the met department. Sajjad Hussain / AFP
    An Indian child takes shelter from the rain under a plastic sheet in New Delhi. The monsoon rains have started in the Indian capital following a spell of record hot weather, bringing down temperatures and increasing humidity at the start of a monsoon season which is expected to be “deficient”, according to the met department. Sajjad Hussain / AFP
  • Revellers run with Torrestrella’s fighting bulls along the Calle Estafeta during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty
    Revellers run with Torrestrella’s fighting bulls along the Calle Estafeta during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty
  • An Afghan resident sweeps the courtyard of the Hazrat-e-Ali shrine, or Blue Mosque, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Mazar-i-Sharif. Farshad Usyan / AFP
    An Afghan resident sweeps the courtyard of the Hazrat-e-Ali shrine, or Blue Mosque, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Mazar-i-Sharif. Farshad Usyan / AFP
  • An Indian man carries a clay pitcher of water on his head as he crosses parched land on a hot day at the village Bhunerheri, some 12 kms from Patiala. Sultry conditions and high humidity levels prevailed as temperatures hovered in the region of 38 degree Celsius. AFP
    An Indian man carries a clay pitcher of water on his head as he crosses parched land on a hot day at the village Bhunerheri, some 12 kms from Patiala. Sultry conditions and high humidity levels prevailed as temperatures hovered in the region of 38 degree Celsius. AFP
  • Lotus F1 team driver Pastor Maldonado goes off the track after colliding with Sauber driver Esteban Guitiererrez during the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone Race Circuit, central EnglandPaul Hackett / Reuters
    Lotus F1 team driver Pastor Maldonado goes off the track after colliding with Sauber driver Esteban Guitiererrez during the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone Race Circuit, central EnglandPaul Hackett / Reuters
  • A worker rappels from the Cristo Redentor statue at the Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro. Alessandro Garofalo / Reuters
    A worker rappels from the Cristo Redentor statue at the Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro. Alessandro Garofalo / Reuters
  • A participant gets a shower after a handball match at the “Wattoluempiade,” or Mud Olympics, in the northern German city of Brunsbuettel. Morris Mac Matzen / Reuters
    A participant gets a shower after a handball match at the “Wattoluempiade,” or Mud Olympics, in the northern German city of Brunsbuettel. Morris Mac Matzen / Reuters
  • Syrians walk amid dust following a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces in the Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo. Zein Al-Rifai / AFP
    Syrians walk amid dust following a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces in the Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo. Zein Al-Rifai / AFP
  • A Palestinian holds a knife near the home of slain 16 year-old Palestinian Muhammad Abu Khdair, at the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Shuafat. Clashes erupted between police and protesters in East Jerusalem and in Arab villages in northern Israel, as Palestinians said a slain teenager was burnt alive this week. Atef Safadi / EPA
    A Palestinian holds a knife near the home of slain 16 year-old Palestinian Muhammad Abu Khdair, at the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Shuafat. Clashes erupted between police and protesters in East Jerusalem and in Arab villages in northern Israel, as Palestinians said a slain teenager was burnt alive this week. Atef Safadi / EPA
  • Palestinian Musahartis call on observant Muslims to wake up for their overnight “suhur” meal before the next day’s fast and to perform the dawn prayer in the Muslim quarter during the holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    Palestinian Musahartis call on observant Muslims to wake up for their overnight “suhur” meal before the next day’s fast and to perform the dawn prayer in the Muslim quarter during the holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • A man walks along the bank of the Yellow River to fish as the Sammenxia Dam discharges flood waters downstream, in Pinglu, Shanxi province. China Daily
    A man walks along the bank of the Yellow River to fish as the Sammenxia Dam discharges flood waters downstream, in Pinglu, Shanxi province. China Daily

Best photography from around the world July 7


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The National View’s photo editors pick the best images from around the world

RESULTS

6.30pm: Al Maktoum Challenge Round-1 Group 1 (PA) Dh119,373 (Dirt) 1,600m
Winner: Brraq, Adrie de Vries (jockey), Jean-Claude Pecout (trainer)

7.05pm: Handicap (TB) Dh102,500 (D) 1,200m
Winner: Taamol, Connor Beasley, Ali Rashid Al Raihe.

7.40pm: Handicap (TB) Dh105,000 (Turf) 1,800m
Winner: Eqtiraan, Connor Beasley, Ali Rashid Al Raihe.

8.15pm: UAE 1000 Guineas Trial (TB) Dh183,650 (D) 1,400m
Winner: Soft Whisper, Pat Cosgrave, Saeed bin Suroor.

9.50pm: Handicap (TB) Dh105,000 (D) 1,600m
Winner: Hypothetical, Mickael Barzalona, Salem bin Ghadayer.

9.25pm: Handicap (TB) Dh95,000 (T) 1,000m
Winner: Etisalat, Sando Paiva, Ali Rashid Al Raihe

8 traditional Jamaican dishes to try at Kingston 21

  1. Trench Town Rock: Jamaican-style curry goat served in a pastry basket with a carrot and potato garnish
  2. Rock Steady Jerk Chicken: chicken marinated for 24 hours and slow-cooked on the grill
  3. Mento Oxtail: flavoured oxtail stewed for five hours with herbs
  4. Ackee and salt fish: the national dish of Jamaica makes for a hearty breakfast
  5. Jamaican porridge: another breakfast favourite, can be made with peanut, cornmeal, banana and plantain
  6. Jamaican beef patty: a pastry with ground beef filling
  7. Hellshire Pon di Beach: Fresh fish with pickles
  8. Out of Many: traditional sweet potato pudding
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Director: Scott Cooper

Starring: Jeremy Allen White, Odessa Young, Jeremy Strong

Rating: 4/5

Sole survivors
  • Cecelia Crocker was on board Northwest Airlines Flight 255 in 1987 when it crashed in Detroit, killing 154 people, including her parents and brother. The plane had hit a light pole on take off
  • George Lamson Jr, from Minnesota, was on a Galaxy Airlines flight that crashed in Reno in 1985, killing 68 people. His entire seat was launched out of the plane
  • Bahia Bakari, then 12, survived when a Yemenia Airways flight crashed near the Comoros in 2009, killing 152. She was found clinging to wreckage after floating in the ocean for 13 hours.
  • Jim Polehinke was the co-pilot and sole survivor of a 2006 Comair flight that crashed in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49.
THE SIXTH SENSE

Starring: Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Hayley Joel Osment

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Rating: 5/5

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Who was Alfred Nobel?

The Nobel Prize was created by wealthy Swedish chemist and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel.

  • In his will he dictated that the bulk of his estate should be used to fund "prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind".
  • Nobel is best known as the inventor of dynamite, but also wrote poetry and drama and could speak Russian, French, English and German by the age of 17. The five original prize categories reflect the interests closest to his heart.
  • Nobel died in 1896 but it took until 1901, following a legal battle over his will, before the first prizes were awarded.
Mane points for safe home colouring
  • Natural and grey hair takes colour differently than chemically treated hair
  • Taking hair from a dark to a light colour should involve a slow transition through warmer stages of colour
  • When choosing a colour (especially a lighter tone), allow for a natural lift of warmth
  • Most modern hair colours are technique-based, in that they require a confident hand and taught skills
  • If you decide to be brave and go for it, seek professional advice and use a semi-permanent colour
MATCH INFO

What: 2006 World Cup quarter-final
When: July 1
Where: Gelsenkirchen Stadium, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Result:
England 0 Portugal 0
(Portugal win 3-1 on penalties)

UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
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Watch live

The National will broadcast live from the IMF on Friday October 13 at 7pm UAE time (3pm GMT) as our Editor-in-Chief Mina Al-Oraibi moderates a panel on how technology can help growth in MENA.

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How to wear a kandura

Dos

  • Wear the right fabric for the right season and occasion 
  • Always ask for the dress code if you don’t know
  • Wear a white kandura, white ghutra / shemagh (headwear) and black shoes for work 
  • Wear 100 per cent cotton under the kandura as most fabrics are polyester

Don’ts 

  • Wear hamdania for work, always wear a ghutra and agal 
  • Buy a kandura only based on how it feels; ask questions about the fabric and understand what you are buying