• An aerial view of a forest after wildfires near Landiras, south-western France. The Gironde prefecture said the two fires, which destroyed 20,800 hectares of forest in the past 10 days and forced out more than 36,000 people, are extinguished, but that firefighters must remain to watch for recurrences. AFP
    An aerial view of a forest after wildfires near Landiras, south-western France. The Gironde prefecture said the two fires, which destroyed 20,800 hectares of forest in the past 10 days and forced out more than 36,000 people, are extinguished, but that firefighters must remain to watch for recurrences. AFP
  • Smoke rises from ruined grain silos in Beirut port on Friday, days before Lebanon marks two years since the August 4, 2020 explosion that killed at least 200 people on the site. Fermentation of grain and rising temperatures combined to start small fires last week. AFP
    Smoke rises from ruined grain silos in Beirut port on Friday, days before Lebanon marks two years since the August 4, 2020 explosion that killed at least 200 people on the site. Fermentation of grain and rising temperatures combined to start small fires last week. AFP
  • Pope Francis holds onto his skull cap, or zucchetto, as the wind blows during his visit to the Citadelle de Quebec in Quebec City on Friday, part of a six-day penitential visit to Canada to beg forgiveness from survivors of abuse in the country's Catholic-run Indigenous residential schools. AP
    Pope Francis holds onto his skull cap, or zucchetto, as the wind blows during his visit to the Citadelle de Quebec in Quebec City on Friday, part of a six-day penitential visit to Canada to beg forgiveness from survivors of abuse in the country's Catholic-run Indigenous residential schools. AP
  • Indian school pupils in Bangalore take part in the Save Our Tiger awareness campaign on International Tiger Day, which is observed every year on July 29. EPA
    Indian school pupils in Bangalore take part in the Save Our Tiger awareness campaign on International Tiger Day, which is observed every year on July 29. EPA
  • Drivers of auto rickshaws queue to buy petrol from a station in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters
    Drivers of auto rickshaws queue to buy petrol from a station in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters
  • A costumed visitor receives his government contact tracing QR code in the LeaveHomeSafe coronavirus app scanned at Ani-Com and Games exhibition in Hong Kong on Friday. AP
    A costumed visitor receives his government contact tracing QR code in the LeaveHomeSafe coronavirus app scanned at Ani-Com and Games exhibition in Hong Kong on Friday. AP
  • Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr protest against corruption on the walls of the Green Zone in Baghdad on Saturday. Reuters
    Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr protest against corruption on the walls of the Green Zone in Baghdad on Saturday. Reuters
  • Spanish artist Rosalia performs on stage during her concert at Coliseum in A Coruna, Galicia, northern Spain, on Friday as part of her Motomami World Tour. EPA
    Spanish artist Rosalia performs on stage during her concert at Coliseum in A Coruna, Galicia, northern Spain, on Friday as part of her Motomami World Tour. EPA

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Today's best photos: from a wildfire in France to a pop concert in Spain

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

The National

July 30, 2022

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Anghami
Started: December 2011
Co-founders: Elie Habib, Eddy Maroun
Based: Beirut and Dubai
Sector: Entertainment
Size: 85 employees
Stage: Series C
Investors: MEVP, du, Mobily, MBC, Samena Capital

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F1 The Movie

Starring: Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem

Director: Joseph Kosinski

Rating: 4/5

Libya's Gold

UN Panel of Experts found regime secretly sold a fifth of the country's gold reserves. 

The panel’s 2017 report followed a trail to West Africa where large sums of cash and gold were hidden by Abdullah Al Senussi, Qaddafi’s former intelligence chief, in 2011.

Cases filled with cash that was said to amount to $560m in 100 dollar notes, that was kept by a group of Libyans in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

A second stash was said to have been held in Accra, Ghana, inside boxes at the local offices of an international human rights organisation based in France.

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The biog

Place of birth: Kalba

Family: Mother of eight children and has 10 grandchildren

Favourite traditional dish: Al Harees, a slow cooked porridge-like dish made from boiled cracked or coarsely ground wheat mixed with meat or chicken

Favourite book: My early life by Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, the Ruler of Sharjah

Favourite quote: By Sheikh Zayed, the UAE's Founding Father, “Those who have no past will have no present or future.”

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THE SCORES

Ireland 125 all out

(20 overs; Stirling 72, Mustafa 4-18)

UAE 125 for 5

(17 overs, Mustafa 39, D’Silva 29, Usman 29)

UAE won by five wickets

Updated: July 30, 2022, 1:17 PM
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