• Demonstrators in Buenos Aires support Argentina's Vice President Cristina Kirchner, who survived an assassination attempt on Friday when a handgun aimed at her from close range failed to fire. AFP
    Demonstrators in Buenos Aires support Argentina's Vice President Cristina Kirchner, who survived an assassination attempt on Friday when a handgun aimed at her from close range failed to fire. AFP
  • Spectators watch a Dutch Formula One Grand Prix practice sesion at the Zandvoort circuit. AFP
    Spectators watch a Dutch Formula One Grand Prix practice sesion at the Zandvoort circuit. AFP
  • Workers clean the 'W' signboard at the W Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. EPA
    Workers clean the 'W' signboard at the W Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. EPA
  • Supporters of Argentina's Vice-President Cristina Kirchner crowd into the Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires. AFP
    Supporters of Argentina's Vice-President Cristina Kirchner crowd into the Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires. AFP
  • Austria's Viktoria Wolffhardt competes in the 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup Finals in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. Getty
    Austria's Viktoria Wolffhardt competes in the 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup Finals in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. Getty
  • Two German Eurofighter Typhoons fly alongside an Airbus A330 during exercises in Australia's Northern Territory. EPA
    Two German Eurofighter Typhoons fly alongside an Airbus A330 during exercises in Australia's Northern Territory. EPA
  • Serena Williams's husband Alexis Ohanian, centre, takes a selfie with guests in her private box, with Venus Williams far right, during theUS Open tennis championships in New York. AP
    Serena Williams's husband Alexis Ohanian, centre, takes a selfie with guests in her private box, with Venus Williams far right, during theUS Open tennis championships in New York. AP
  • Janus, a two-headed Greek tortoise, is washed with a toothbrush a day before his 25th birthday at the Natural History Museum in Geneva, Switzerland. Reuters
    Janus, a two-headed Greek tortoise, is washed with a toothbrush a day before his 25th birthday at the Natural History Museum in Geneva, Switzerland. Reuters

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Today's best photos: from a two-headed tortoise to German fighter jets

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

The National

September 04, 2022

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