Today's best photos: from Princess Diana tributes to a military music festival

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

A man holds a photo of Princess Diana, during a gathering outside Kensington Palace, in central London, on the 25th anniversary of the Princess of Wales's death. Flowers and other tributes were laid at the princess's former London home and above the Paris road tunnel where she lost her life, to mark the day. AFP

A man rides a donkey cart during heavy rain in the flood-hit Dera Allah Yar town, in Pakistan's Jaffarabad district. Monsoon rains have submerged a third of the country and claimed more than 1,100 lives. AFP

A cow stands in a field as black smoke rises from the front line in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, amid the war against Russia. AFP

People take part in the traditional tomato-fight festival, La Tomatina, in Bunol, Spain. Every year, on the last Wednesday of August, thousands of people visit the small village to attend the Tomatina, a battle in which tonnes of ripe tomatoes are used. EPA

Recruits who have been in training since the introduction of South Sudan's revitalised peace agreement, in 2018, cheer during their graduation ceremony, in the capital Juba. Thousands of fighters including former rebels from rival camps in South Sudan's civil war were integrated into the country's army in a long-overdue graduation ceremony. AFP

Malaysians wave their country's flag during the National Day 2022 celebrations, in Kuala Lumpur. Reuters

Policemen charge as university students and demonstrators protest against the Sri Lankan government and to demand the release of student leaders in Colombo. AFP

Buildings of Chinese developer Country Garden Holdings, in Zhenjiang. The company, China's largest developer, reported a record 96 per cent year-on-year drop in its first-half earnings on August 30, in the latest grim illustration of the headwinds in the country's property sector. AFP

Kateryna, centre, the mother of the fallen Ukrainian soldier Andrii Dzyubenko, mourns along with other relatives, friends and comrades, during his funeral ceremony in Bucha, north-west of Kyiv, Ukraine. EPA

A boat sits on the exposed bottom of Lake Solina, in south-eastern Poland. The lack of rainfall has caused the water level in the lake to recede. EPA

Residents stand on the rubble of iron-sheet houses destroyed by a fire caused by an electric fault, in Mathare, Nairobi. AFP

Palestinian youths throw rocks at an Israeli army vehicle in the town of Silwad, in the occupied West Bank, after a military operation in the region. AFP

Indian children wearing masks of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha take part in an awareness campaign against the use of plastic, before the 'Ganesh Chaturthi' festival, at a school in Chennai. AFP

Fireworks burst behind two-headed eagle, Russia's coat of arms atop the State historical museum during the "Spasskaya Tower" international military music festival at the Red Square in Moscow on August 30, 2022. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

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Updated: August 31, 2022, 4:30 PM