Today's best photos: From a sunken city in Greece to Morocco football fans in Australia

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

TOPSHOT - People swim to explore the ancient 'Sunken City' in Ancient Epidavros, in Peloponeese peninsula , southern Greece on August 7, 2023. Sunken City is a small settlement which might have been a trading post in ancient times, and lays underwaters some 50 meters from the coast of today's Epidavros. (Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP)

Missiles are hurled at police as taxi drivers protest over traffic regulations in Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters

The control room of the Pivdennoukrainsk Nuclear Power Plant in the Mykolaiv area of Ukraine. EPA

A flooded temple on the bank of the Hanumante river after torrential rain in Bhaktapur, Nepal. EPA

Engineers test wave barriers set up on the coast in Masan, South Korea, with Typhoon Khanun's arrival imminent. EPA

A woman sits on a salvaged bed in an area devastated by floods in Al Sagai, near Omdurman, where heavy rain has destroyed more than 450 homes in Sudan's north. AFP

Smoke billows as Israeli soldiers demolish a house at the Asker camp for Palestinian refugees, near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. AFP

A cat nap in Istanbul. EPA

A displaced Meitei woman takes shelter at a relief camp in Moirang town, Manipur, India. Reuters

A Morocco fan outside the stadium before the Women's World Cup match against France, who won 4-0 in Adelaide. Reuters

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Updated: August 08, 2023, 3:32 PM