Best photography of the day Sept. 14

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Sabah (C-R) prays next to Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Mohammed Hussein (C-L) inside Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock during his visit to the Al-Aqsa mosques compound, Islam’s third holiest site, in the old city of Jerusalem. Ahmad Gharabli / AFP

Surfers ride a wave as a whale-shaped kite flies above them during the annual Festival of the Winds at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. David Gray / Reuters

Britain’s Kris Meeke powers through a water crossing in his Citroen on the final day of the World Rally Championship (WRC) Rally of Australia, near Glenreagh on the New South Wales central coast. William West / AFP

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemiev holds a watermelon, while been examined by medics of a rescue team after landing by Soyuz TMA-12M space craft near the city of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, An American and two Russians landed in Kazakhstan after 5 and a half months aboard the International Space Station. Maxim Shipenkov / AP

A bull from San Mateo ranch pulls down the picador during a ‘Corrida Goyesca’ bullfight held on the occasion of ‘Feria du Riz’ in Arles, southern France. In the annual Corrida Goyesca, the bullfighters wear costumes from the era of 18th Century painter Francisco Goya. Guillaume Horcajuelo / EPA

Palestinian students walk past houses that witnesses said were destroyed by the Israeli offensive, as they make their way to school on the first day of the new school year in the east of Gaza City. An open-ended ceasefire between Israel and Hamas-led Gaza militants, mediated by Egypt, took effect on August 26 after a seven-week conflict. Suhaib Salem / Reuters

Matthew Miller, a US citizen, sits before the Supreme Court during his trial in Pyongyang, North Korea, Sunday. North Korea’s Supreme Court on Sunday sentenced Miller to six years of hard labour for entering the country illegally and trying to commit espionage. Kim Kwang Hyon / AP

Palestinian students look inside a classroom that witnesses said was shelled by Israel during its offensive, on the first day of the new school year east of Gaza City. Suhaib Salem / Reuters

An Indian artist of restricted growth gets ready backstage before his performance as a clown at the Raj Mahal Circus in Bhopal, India. The Indian circus industry which is one of the oldest popular forms of entertainment struggles nowadays. The number of travelling circus troupes decreased over the past few decades. Sanjeev Gupta / EPA

A Filipino stand at the break water during a heavy downpour brought by typhoon Kalmaegi in Manila bay, Philippines. State weather bureau raised Storm Warning Signal 3 as Typhoon Kalmaegi, packing maximum winds of 120 kph and gusts of up to 150 kph, barrelled toward the northern Philippines from the country’s east coast. Ritchie B. Tongo / EPA

A Pakistani looks at a sack of relief goods dropped from a helicopter in the flooded village of Multan district, Pakistan on Sunday. Civil and military officials have been using helicopters and boats to evacuate marooned people since Sept. 3, when floods triggered by monsoon rains hit Pakistan and Kashmir, which is divided between Pakistan and neighbouring India. Hundreds of people have died in the flooding. Mansoor Abbas / AP

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