Today's best photos: from a bionic dog to a jaguar cub

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

German shepherd dog Marble meets a bionic dog during pop-scientific experiment Doglogi, part of the 'Expansion of Reality' exhibition at the M'ARS Centre for Contemporary Art in Moscow, Russia. EPA

The Milky Way rises above the fifth century basilica of Syria's Qalb Lozeh village in north-western Idlib province. AFP

A Boeing Chinook helicopter of the US Army's 101st Airborne Division transports a military vehicle while in the foreground military personnel play American football during a demonstration drill at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase near Constanta, Romania. AFP

Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton leaves the pits during the qualifying session ahead of the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix near Budapest. AFP

Volunteers watch flamingos being released near the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. AFP

A One Kenya Coalition Party supporter holds a poster that reads "Baba for President" in reference to presidential candidate Raila Odinga, during a campaign rally ahead of Kenya's general election. AFP

A boatman walks on a floating dock made of plastic cubes along the flooded banks of river Ganges after heavy rains in Allahabad. AFP

Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in roller skates attend a protest against corruption, inside the parliament in Baghdad. Reuters

A man mourns at a coffin draped with the Kurdish flag and containing the remains of a victim of the Anfal massacre, during a ceremony in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's northern Kurdish autonomous region. AFP

Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich celebrates with teammates and the trophy after winning the DFL Super Cup, in Leipzig, Germany. Reuters

Australia's Charlie Senior in action against Nauru's Christon Amram at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Britain. Reuters

A horse grazes in a pasture as the McKinney fire burns in Klamath National Forest, California. AP

Storm clouds build over a canola field near Cremona, Alberta. AP

Ultra Orthodox Jews gather around the body of Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss, Chief Rabbi of the Euda Haredit, at his funeral in Jerusalem, Israel. EPA

A jaguar cub is seen between the legs of a zookeeper at the zoo in Havana, Cuba, July 29, 2022. REUTERS / Alexandre Meneghini TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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Updated: July 31, 2022, 1:16 PM