Today's best photos: from Saudi National Day to an Iraqi book market

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

The Saudi Hawks Air Force aerobatic team performs during celebrations ahead of Saudi Arabi's 92th National Day, in Riyadh on September 22, 2022. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)

Police officers lean against a protection barrier in pain, surrounded by fellow officers, after being wounded by an explosive device thrown by protesters during clashes outside the attorney general's office, in Mexico City. The demonstrators were marching to mark the anniversary of the 2014 disappearance of 43 students of a teachers’ college in Iguala, Guerrero. AP

Orchids bloom at the annual orchid exhibition in Bogota, Colombia. About 1,500 orchids were on display at the event, which returned after being cancelled for two years because of the Covid-19 pandemic. AP

Italy's former prime minister and leader of the Forza Italia party, Silvio Berlusconi, attends the closing event of the electoral campaign, in Rome, before the September 25 general election. Reuters

Tereza Arapium, from the Arapium indigenous people, candidate for Rio de Janeiro state deputy for the Rede Sustentabilidade party, poses for a photo at the Aldeia Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Reuters

A train crosses a bridge above a dry area of China's largest freshwater Poyang Lake, in Jiujiang. AFP

Iraqis visit the book market of Al Huaish, in the central city of Najaf. AFP

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Updated: September 23, 2022, 11:50 AM