• This aerial view shows hot air balloons launching in Goreme Historical National Park, east of Nevesehir (Neapolis) in the province of the same name in central Turkey's historical Cappadocia (Kapadokya) region on August 24, 2022. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
    This aerial view shows hot air balloons launching in Goreme Historical National Park, east of Nevesehir (Neapolis) in the province of the same name in central Turkey's historical Cappadocia (Kapadokya) region on August 24, 2022. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
  • An infinity mirror room titled 'My Heart is Dancing into the Universe', which is part of the One with Eternity exhibition, featuring the work of artist Yayoi Kusama, at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC. EPA
    An infinity mirror room titled 'My Heart is Dancing into the Universe', which is part of the One with Eternity exhibition, featuring the work of artist Yayoi Kusama, at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC. EPA
  • Rohingya refugees at a camp in Ukhia hold a Genocide Remembrance Day rally to mark the fifth anniversary since they fled Myanmar. Thousands of Rohingya held rallies across the network of squalid camps in Bangladesh. AFP
    Rohingya refugees at a camp in Ukhia hold a Genocide Remembrance Day rally to mark the fifth anniversary since they fled Myanmar. Thousands of Rohingya held rallies across the network of squalid camps in Bangladesh. AFP
  • The dried-up bed of the Jialing, a tributary of the Yangtze River in China's south-western city of Chongqing. AFP
    The dried-up bed of the Jialing, a tributary of the Yangtze River in China's south-western city of Chongqing. AFP
  • Asylum seekers sleep outside the gate at the application centre in Ter Apel, the Netherlands. EPA
    Asylum seekers sleep outside the gate at the application centre in Ter Apel, the Netherlands. EPA
  • Flooding after heavy rains in Karachi, Pakistan. Flash floods killed 830 people, including 313 children, across the country in the past two months, the National Disaster Management Authority has said. EPA
    Flooding after heavy rains in Karachi, Pakistan. Flash floods killed 830 people, including 313 children, across the country in the past two months, the National Disaster Management Authority has said. EPA

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Today's best photos: from hot air balloons in Turkey to flooding in Pakistan

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

The National

August 25, 2022

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