• A member of Welcome 66, a group focused on social integration, teaches a migrant how to swim, in Canet-en-Roussillon, southern France. AFP
    A member of Welcome 66, a group focused on social integration, teaches a migrant how to swim, in Canet-en-Roussillon, southern France. AFP
  • Fishing boats moored at a port in Xiamen city, China's Fujian province, where Typhoon Doksuri is expected to land. AFP
    Fishing boats moored at a port in Xiamen city, China's Fujian province, where Typhoon Doksuri is expected to land. AFP
  • A woman salvages produce from the remains of a building burnt in a forest fire near Meloula, north-western Tunisia. AFP
    A woman salvages produce from the remains of a building burnt in a forest fire near Meloula, north-western Tunisia. AFP
  • All is quiet in an alley in Iao Hon neighbourhood, Macau. AFP
    All is quiet in an alley in Iao Hon neighbourhood, Macau. AFP
  • Women watch from a balcony as Shiite mourners participate in a procession on the eight day of Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram, in Chennai. AFP
    Women watch from a balcony as Shiite mourners participate in a procession on the eight day of Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram, in Chennai. AFP
  • A closed beauty salon in Kabul. The Taliban have ordered all such businesses in Afghanistan to shut. AFP
    A closed beauty salon in Kabul. The Taliban have ordered all such businesses in Afghanistan to shut. AFP
  • The War Memorial in Seoul on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War ceasefire pact. EPA
    The War Memorial in Seoul on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War ceasefire pact. EPA
  • Idols are offered to a deity at a Hindu temple near Puducherry, south-east India. EPA
    Idols are offered to a deity at a Hindu temple near Puducherry, south-east India. EPA
  • Grain fields in the Harz mountains near Wernigerode, Germany. AP
    Grain fields in the Harz mountains near Wernigerode, Germany. AP
  • A motorcyclist prepares to cross an underpass filled with silt and floodwater from the Yamuna river after excessive rain in Delhi. AP
    A motorcyclist prepares to cross an underpass filled with silt and floodwater from the Yamuna river after excessive rain in Delhi. AP
  • A volunteer feeds a swift chick after it was found on the ground during a heatwave near Geneva, Switzerland. Reuters
    A volunteer feeds a swift chick after it was found on the ground during a heatwave near Geneva, Switzerland. Reuters
  • Marine scientist Angela Stevenson dives with a bunch of flowering seagrass she has collected as part of a restoration project in Laboe, Germany. Reuters
    Marine scientist Angela Stevenson dives with a bunch of flowering seagrass she has collected as part of a restoration project in Laboe, Germany. Reuters
  • Volunteers help stranded pilot whales return to the sea on Cheynes Beach, Western Australia. AFP
    Volunteers help stranded pilot whales return to the sea on Cheynes Beach, Western Australia. AFP
  • Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt (C-R) and French designer of the Olympic torch Mathieu Lehanneur (C-L) pose during the torch's presentation on the the river Seine, as the landmark Eiffel Tower is seen in background, in Paris, on July 25, 2023, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)
    Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt (C-R) and French designer of the Olympic torch Mathieu Lehanneur (C-L) pose during the torch's presentation on the the river Seine, as the landmark Eiffel Tower is seen in background, in Paris, on July 25, 2023, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

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Today's best photos: from migrant swimming lessons to Paris Olympic torch event

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

The National

July 26, 2023

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Know your Camel lingo

The bairaq is a competition for the best herd of 50 camels, named for the banner its winner takes home

Namoos - a word of congratulations reserved for falconry competitions, camel races and camel pageants. It best translates as 'the pride of victory' - and for competitors, it is priceless

Asayel camels - sleek, short-haired hound-like racers

Majahim - chocolate-brown camels that can grow to weigh two tonnes. They were only valued for milk until camel pageantry took off in the 1990s

Millions Street - the thoroughfare where camels are led and where white 4x4s throng throughout the festival

Updated: July 26, 2023, 1:48 PM