Best photography from around the world, July 16

Museum staff look over a WWI officers glove shrunk by poison gas at the First ‘World War Galleries’ exhibit at the Imperial War Museum in London. To mark the centenary of the First World War, the Imperial War Museum is to reopen on 19 July, after months of renovation with a new ‘First World War Galleries’ exhibit and a new atrium. Andy Rain / EPA

A French female activist stands between the beds of two patients at the Al Wafa hospital in the Shuja’iyya neighbourhood in east Gaza City. The hospital which is located only a few kilometres away from the Israeli border and according to senior staff members received phone calls and subsequent warning missiles from Israeli Defense Forces in the past days urging them to evacuate. Oliver Weiken / EPA

Sand sculptor Sue McGrew of the USA works on the American/ Japan section of a large sand sculpture at the site of Yokohama Sand Art Exhibition. Producer and sand sculptor Katsuhiko Chaen invited artists from around the world to recreate the World Heritage and historical buildings in China, Japan and South Korea. Chris McGrath / Getty Images

A mangled car lying on top of a tractor is pictured past an Afghan policeman at the scene of the July 15 suicide attack in Urgun district, Paktika province. Shah Marai / AFP

Riders take the start of the 187.5 km eleventh stage of the 101st edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Besancon and Oyonnax, eastern France. Lionel Bonaventure / AFP

An Afghan shopkeeper sweeps broken glass and debris at the scene of the July 15 suicide attack in Urgun district, Paktika province. Shah Marai / AFP

A Filipino boy tries to sweep out floating debris from their flooded home as Typhoon Rammasun batters suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. Aaron Favila / AP Photo

A Palestinian man looks out an apartment which was damaged by shrapnel when Israeli Defense Forces destroyed the adjacent building of senior Hamas official Mahmud al-Zahar in an overnight air strike in Gaza City. Oliver Weiken / EPA

The National View’s photo editors pick the best of the day from around the world