Today's best photos: from Hajj 2022 to Pamplona

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

Muslim pilgrims are pictured at Jabal al-Noor 'mountain of light' overlooking the holy city of Mecca on July 5, 2022. - One million people, including 850,000 from abroad, are allowed to participate in this year's hajj -- a key pillar of Islam that all able-bodied Muslims with the means are required to perform at least once -- after two years of drastically curtailed numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Christina ASSI / AFP)

A 3-metre gorgosaurus skeleton at Sotheby’s in New York, where it is expected to fetch up to $8 million in a 'geek week' sale. AFP

Heart transplant patient Maurizio Calorio and Silivia Duca (third left) are married in an intensive care unit in Turin, Italy, hours before his vital surgery. EPA

A lightning bolt strikes near Moscow State University building during a Russian thunderstorm. Reuters

Workers strip the Eiffel tower for the 20th full repainting job during its 135-year history. Reuters

Empty coffins used in a symbolic mass memorial service in East London, South Africa, after 21 people, mostly teenagers, died in a nightclub last month. AFP

Soldiers from the Iskandar Muda military command sing after exercises in Indonesia. AFP

A shipbuilder works on a propeller of the 'World Europa' a cruise ship being built in Saint-Nazaire, western France, that will run on liquefied natural gas. AFP

A boat manoeuvres among icebergs floating in Disko Bay, western Greenland. AFP

Participants wave their red scarves during the opening ceremony of the San Fermin bullfighting festival in Pamplona, northern Spain. AFP

UAE Team Emirates team's Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar (3rd R) wearing the best young rider's white jersey, Ineos Grenadiers team's British rider Geraint Thomas (2nd R) and Ineos Grenadiers team's Dutch rider Dylan Van Baarle (R) cycle across a cobblestone sector in the final kilometers of the 5th stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 153,7 km between Lille and Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, in northern France. AFP

A Muslim pilgrim takes a 'selfie' picture atop Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the holy city of Mecca, during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage. AFP

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Updated: July 06, 2022, 3:39 PM