• This aerial view shows Kuwait City's al-Hamra tower (R), the headquarters of The National Bank of Kuwait (C) and the al-Rayah tower (L), caught in heavy fog early on January 13, 2022. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
    This aerial view shows Kuwait City's al-Hamra tower (R), the headquarters of The National Bank of Kuwait (C) and the al-Rayah tower (L), caught in heavy fog early on January 13, 2022. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
  • Lorry drivers block a main road with their vehicles during a general strike by public transport and workers' unions, protesting against the country's deteriorating economic and financial conditions, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP
    Lorry drivers block a main road with their vehicles during a general strike by public transport and workers' unions, protesting against the country's deteriorating economic and financial conditions, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP
  • Firefighter Josh Cole charges forward into rubble and debris to extinguish a large fire that destroyed a business and shut down a busy thoroughfare in Davison, Michigan. AP
    Firefighter Josh Cole charges forward into rubble and debris to extinguish a large fire that destroyed a business and shut down a busy thoroughfare in Davison, Michigan. AP
  • The silhouettes of Palestinian men appear behind the fabric of a beach tent, along the shore of Gaza City. AFP
    The silhouettes of Palestinian men appear behind the fabric of a beach tent, along the shore of Gaza City. AFP
  • The Westbrook ice disk has returned to the Presumpscot River below Saccarappa Falls in Westbrook, Maine. The disk has begun to form where it partially formed in 2020, but has failed to draw a worldwide audience as it did in its first appearance in 2019. AP
    The Westbrook ice disk has returned to the Presumpscot River below Saccarappa Falls in Westbrook, Maine. The disk has begun to form where it partially formed in 2020, but has failed to draw a worldwide audience as it did in its first appearance in 2019. AP
  • Protesters clash with police as they try to enter the National Assembly building during a protest against certificates and vaccinations in Sofia. Bulgaria has the EU's lowest vaccination rates and less than 30 per cent of its population has received two doses. More than 31,000 have died since the pandemic began in this country of 6.5 million - one of the highest death rates in the world. Getty Images
    Protesters clash with police as they try to enter the National Assembly building during a protest against certificates and vaccinations in Sofia. Bulgaria has the EU's lowest vaccination rates and less than 30 per cent of its population has received two doses. More than 31,000 have died since the pandemic began in this country of 6.5 million - one of the highest death rates in the world. Getty Images
  • Pilgrims perform rituals at the beach during the Hindu religious festival of Gangasagar Mela on Sagar Island, in West Bengal. AFP
    Pilgrims perform rituals at the beach during the Hindu religious festival of Gangasagar Mela on Sagar Island, in West Bengal. AFP
  • The casket of former Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) lies in state in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. AFP
    The casket of former Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) lies in state in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. AFP

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Today's best photos: from fog over Kuwait City to a giant ice disk in Maine

'The National' selects the most striking pictures from around the world

The National

January 13, 2022

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Wednesday's best photos: from incense sticks in Vietnam to the Magh Mela festival

Tuesday's best photos: from Abu Dhabi's Corniche to Dubai's The View at The Palm

Monday's best photos: from a pilot rescued from a plane crash to a Bulgarian wedding

Sunday's best photos: from big waves in Portugal to shaving on the streets of India

Saturday's best photos: from disguised guinea pigs to an ice climbing festival

Unresolved crisis

Russia and Ukraine have been locked in a bitter conflict since 2014, when Ukraine’s Kremlin-friendly president was ousted, Moscow annexed Crimea and then backed a separatist insurgency in the east.

Fighting between the Russia-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces has killed more than 14,000 people. In 2015, France and Germany helped broker a peace deal, known as the Minsk agreements, that ended large-scale hostilities but failed to bring a political settlement of the conflict.

The Kremlin has repeatedly accused Kiev of sabotaging the deal, and Ukrainian officials in recent weeks said that implementing it in full would hurt Ukraine.

'Lost in Space'

Creators: Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Irwin Allen

Stars: Molly Parker, Toby Stephens, Maxwell Jenkins

Rating: 4/5

Know your Camel lingo

The bairaq is a competition for the best herd of 50 camels, named for the banner its winner takes home

Namoos - a word of congratulations reserved for falconry competitions, camel races and camel pageants. It best translates as 'the pride of victory' - and for competitors, it is priceless

Asayel camels - sleek, short-haired hound-like racers

Majahim - chocolate-brown camels that can grow to weigh two tonnes. They were only valued for milk until camel pageantry took off in the 1990s

Millions Street - the thoroughfare where camels are led and where white 4x4s throng throughout the festival

Squad for first two ODIs

Kohli (c), Rohit, Dhawan, Rayudu, Pandey, Dhoni (wk), Pant, Jadeja, Chahal, Kuldeep, Khaleel, Shami, Thakur, Rahul.

Updated: January 13, 2022, 1:47 PM
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