Today's best photos: From Indonesian Independence Day to baseball in Seattle

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

A group of 145 swimmers join an effort to stretch a 78-metre-long national flag in the sea to mark Indonesia's 78th Independence Day in Makassar, South Sulawesi. AFP

Taiwan's Air Forces Thunder Tiger Aerobatics Team jets perform over an air base in Taichung. EPA

A Buddhist monk wades across a street following monsoon rains in Bago township, Bago region, Myanmar. AFP

A surfer rides a wave at Teahupo'o in Tahiti, French Polynesia, during the WSL Shiseido Tahiti pro surfing event. AFP

An astronomer sends a laser into the sky as the Milky Way lights the sky around camp in the natural reserve area of Wadi Al Hitan, or the Valley of the Whales, in Al Fayoum Governorate, south-west of Cairo. Reuters

Wildfire wreckage in Lahaina, Hawaii. Emergency records show no indication that sirens sounded before people ran for their lives from wildfires on Maui that wiped out the town. AP

Some 5,000 people join a yoga exercise at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, with a Vietnamese Guinness record their target. EPA

An Afghan removes sand from a road in Balkh province, Afghanistan. Reuters

Seattle Mariners centre fielder Julio Rodríguez is doused with water by teammate Teoscar Hernández in celebration of a 9-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles in a match in Seattle on Friday. AP Photo

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