Today's best photos: from dhow racing in the UAE to cycling in France

'The National' picks the most striking images from around the world

Sailors participate in the annual long-distance dhow sailing race, known as al-Gaffal, near Sir Abu Nuair island towards the Gulf emirate of Dubai, on June 3, 2022. - Around Sir Bu Nair, a teardrop-shaped island roughly 100 kilometres (60 miles) away from both Dubai and Abu Dhabi, 118 teams are racing dhows, the sailboats that have plied waters around the Arabian peninsula for centuries. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP)

The National Gun Violence Memorial in Washington, DC. It displays '45,000 flowers representing the number of Americans who die from gun violence each year'. EPA

Taking in the view in Beijing, China, where the World Bank says growth has been disrupted by several Covid-19 outbreaks and will slow to 4.3 per cent this year. EPA

Logger Egbontoluwa Marigi, 61, paddles across a flooded forest floor in Ipare, Nigeria. Reuters

Taking pictures of the 'Black Chapel' exhibit, designed by US artist Theaster Gates, at the Serpentine Galleries in London. EPA

Fish vendor Somporn Thathom watches a passenger train rush past her stall at the Mae Klong railway market in Samut Songkhram province, Thailand. AFP

Young Iraqis swim on a shipwreck in the Shatt Al Arab river, near Basra, in a photo taken by drone. AFP

Iraqi security forces disperse protesters during a demonstration over unemployment in Baghdad's Green Zone. AFP

The pack rides in the third stage of the Criterium du Dauphine cycling race in the south of France. AFP

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