• People walk amid a sand-storm at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, on a summer afternoon in Allahabad on April 23, 2022. (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP)
    People walk amid a sand-storm at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, on a summer afternoon in Allahabad on April 23, 2022. (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP)
  • Residents in the Jingan district of Shanghai look out over their city in lockdown. AFP
    Residents in the Jingan district of Shanghai look out over their city in lockdown. AFP
  • Spectators and aficionados gather for the 35th International Kite Meeting at Berck-sur-Mer in the Pas-de-Calais, France. AFP
    Spectators and aficionados gather for the 35th International Kite Meeting at Berck-sur-Mer in the Pas-de-Calais, France. AFP
  • Pope Francis leaves at the end of an audience with members of the devotional Madonna of Tears community in Treviglio, northern Italy. AP
    Pope Francis leaves at the end of an audience with members of the devotional Madonna of Tears community in Treviglio, northern Italy. AP
  • Louis The Child duo perform during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Indio, Palm Springs, California. EPA
    Louis The Child duo perform during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Indio, Palm Springs, California. EPA
  • Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo addresses supporters at an election campaign rally in Manila, Philippines. EPA
    Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo addresses supporters at an election campaign rally in Manila, Philippines. EPA
  • A tree is surrounded by a crop of oilseed rape near Romney in south-east England. Getty
    A tree is surrounded by a crop of oilseed rape near Romney in south-east England. Getty
  • A boy looks out over Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, from the roof of his house. AP
    A boy looks out over Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, from the roof of his house. AP
  • Coptic Orthodox Christians observe Good Friday prayers at the Saint Simon Monastery, also known as the Cave Church, in the Mokattam Hills south-west of Cairo, Egypt. AFP
    Coptic Orthodox Christians observe Good Friday prayers at the Saint Simon Monastery, also known as the Cave Church, in the Mokattam Hills south-west of Cairo, Egypt. AFP
  • Muslims gather for iftar along a street in the Iraqi shrine city of Najaf, 160 kilometres south of Baghdad. AFP
    Muslims gather for iftar along a street in the Iraqi shrine city of Najaf, 160 kilometres south of Baghdad. AFP

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Today's best photos: from a sandstorm in India to iftar in Iraq

'The National' picks the most striking images from around the world

The National

April 23, 2022

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Updated: April 23, 2022, 12:39 PM
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