Today's best photos: from a flowering desert phenomenon to an Israeli sunset

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

Handout picture released by Imagen Chile showing flowers in bloom in the Atacama Desert near Copiapo, Chile, on September 23, 2022. - Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced on October 2, 2022, the creation of a national park in the southern part of the Atacama Desert, the most arid region of the world, to protect the flowering phenomenon that occurs exceptionally in the Copiapo region, about 500 km north of Santiago. (Photo by Sebastian OJEDA / Imagen Chile / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / IMAGEN CHILE / SEBASTIAN OJEDA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

The National

Oct 04, 2022

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Updated: October 04, 2022, 1:35 PM