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

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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  Shoppers queue up outside Selfridges on Oxford Street in London. UK retailers are expecting sales to fall amid the cost-of-living crisis. EPA

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  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

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  A Moscow rescuer dressed as Santa Claus greets young patients at Morozovskaya children's hospital in Moscow, as part of Orthodox Christmas celebrations. EPA

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  Yachts sailing out of Sydney harbour at the start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. AFP

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  Scooter riders on a section of a parched river bed along the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in China's Hubei province. AFP

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  Paper lanterns at a year-end fair in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo. AFP

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  Shoppers on the hunt for bargains in Sydney, Australia, on Boxing Day. Getty Images

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  A woman wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) amid a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in Beijing. AFP

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  Sikh children wait for the judgement in a turban tying competition in Amritsar. AFP

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