Today's best photos: from a red moon to Swiss gold

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

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  The full moon rises over a windmill in Consuegra, Spain, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo / Manu Fernandez)

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  Performers dance during the musical 'Ocheg Eddenya' on opening night of the 56th edition of the International Festival of Carthage in Tunis, Tunisia. EPA

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  An afternoon backfire in Yosemite National Park in California. EPA

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  Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tarik arrives for a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ahead of bilateral talks in Berlin, Germany. EPA

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  A wild forest fire rages in Morocco's northern region of Ksar Sghir. AFP

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  Melted gold flows out of a smelter into a mould at Argor-Heraeus in Mendrisio, Switzerland. Reuters

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