Today's best photos: from Modi's yoga practice to Biden on the beach

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

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs yoga with others to celebrate the International Day of Yoga in front of the Mysore Palace in Mysore on June 21, 2022. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

A model showcases the Zegna men's spring-summer 2023 collection in Trivero, near Biella in northern Italy. AP

Residents brave fast-flowing floodwater as they pass stranded trucks in Sunamganj, north-eastern Bangladesh. Large areas of the country and parts of neighbouring India are under water following heavy rain. AFP

Activists from the Communist Party of Nepal protest against the government's decision to increase fuel prices, in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA

Indigenous demonstrators drive past burning roadblocks in Machachi, Ecuador, as they head towards the capital Quito, after a week of protests against President Guillermo Lasso. Reuters

A house stands surrounded by floodwaters in Sylhet, eastern Bangladesh. Monsoon rains have brought heavy flooding to north-eastern India and Bangladesh, killing dozens of people. AP Photo

Farm manager Martyn van Adrichem poses with Elsa at the Donkey Dairy Farm at Magaliesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Chinese traditional medicine demand for a gelatin made from donkey skins has seen the population plunge in South Africa. AFP

Revellers celebrate the summer solstice as the sun rises for the longest day of the year at Stonehenge, near Amesbury, in Wiltshire, southern England. AFP

Woodcarver and artist Fadel Alkhudr from Syria poses beside his wooden model of Cologne Cathedral in the German city. He fled the civil war in his home country in 2015. AP

An almost deserted Preston Station, in north-west England, on the first day of a national rail strike. Reuters

US President Joe Biden meets members of the public during a walk in Cape Henlopen State Park, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Reuters

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Updated: June 21, 2022, 1:00 PM