• Shoppers queue up outside Selfridges on Oxford Street in London. UK retailers are expecting sales to fall amid the cost-of-living crisis. EPA
    Shoppers queue up outside Selfridges on Oxford Street in London. UK retailers are expecting sales to fall amid the cost-of-living crisis. EPA
  • People pour milk in the waters of the Bay of Bengal as they honour the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, in Chennai, India. EPA
    People pour milk in the waters of the Bay of Bengal as they honour the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, in Chennai, India. EPA
  • A Moscow rescuer dressed as Santa Claus greets young patients at Morozovskaya children's hospital in Moscow, as part of Orthodox Christmas celebrations. EPA
    A Moscow rescuer dressed as Santa Claus greets young patients at Morozovskaya children's hospital in Moscow, as part of Orthodox Christmas celebrations. EPA
  • Yachts sailing out of Sydney harbour at the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. AFP
    Yachts sailing out of Sydney harbour at the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. AFP
  • Scooter riders on a section of a parched river bed along the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in China's Hubei province. AFP
    Scooter riders on a section of a parched river bed along the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in China's Hubei province. AFP
  • Paper lanterns at a year-end fair in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo. AFP
    Paper lanterns at a year-end fair in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo. AFP
  • Shoppers on the hunt for bargains in Sydney, Australia, on Boxing Day. Getty Images
    Shoppers on the hunt for bargains in Sydney, Australia, on Boxing Day. Getty Images
  • A woman wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) amid a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in Beijing. AFP
    A woman wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) amid a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in Beijing. AFP
  • Sikh children wait for the judgement in a turban tying competition in Amritsar. AFP
    Sikh children wait for the judgement in a turban tying competition in Amritsar. AFP

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Today's best photos: from Boxing Day shoppers to a turban-tying competition

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

The National

December 26, 2022

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