Today's best photos: from the Mohammed bin Rashid Library to a waxing gibbous moon

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

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  The Mohammed bin Rashid Library in Al Jaddaf, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National

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  Buddhists offer flowers and incense sticks on Poson full moon day at the Kelaniya temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. EPA

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  A man uses his hands to propel a raft full of migrants across the Rio Grande river from Mexico into the US. Reuters

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  A person walks over the Vjosa River in Brataj, Albania. Reuters

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  Hundreds of Peruvian fans gather in Lima to watch the play-off between Peru and Australia for a place in the World Cup. Getty Images

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  Girls perform at a camp at Jwala Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College in Allahabad, India. AFP

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  Heavy rain floods fields and buildings in Rongan in China's southern Guangxi region. AFP

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  Grooms wait for the start of a mass marriage ceremony in Kabul. AFP

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  A waxing gibbous moon 98 per cent full rises near the Nubble Light in York, Maine. AP Photo

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