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Students of the Ballet Manguinhos School practice dance movements after a photo session at the Manguinhos favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 27, 2022. - About 400 students between six and 29 years old take free dance classes in Ballet Manguinhos --a kind of oasis in a neighbourhood that lives under the sway of drug trafficking and where classes are regularly interrupted by shootings during police operations-- and which is now facing the possibility of closure due to financial difficulties. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)

A member of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team after a sunset launch from Mount Azmar in the autonomous Kurdistan region of north-eastern Iraq. AFP

Burning tyres block roads in the Libyan capital Tripoli during nationwide protests over deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock. AFP

A metro train passes Kongens Nytorv station without stopping after three people were killed by a gunman in an adjoining shopping mall in Copenhagen, Denmark. EPA

People cheer a performer singing an anti-Russian song during a concert at Closer Art Club, in Kyiv, Ukraine. EPA

The sun sets behind the skyline of Frankfurt, Germany. Reuters

A peace activist dressed as a clown blows bubbles as Israeli forces demolish a Palestinian house in Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank. Reuters

An aerial picture of a busy livestock market in Syria's rebel-held northern town of Dana during preparations for the festival of Eid Al Adha. AFP

Desharne Bent-Ashmeil and Amy Rollinson of Great Britain compete in the women's diving 3m synchronised springboard final at the world championships in Budapest, Hungary. AP

A World Food Programme convoy on the way to Tigray passes the village of Erebti, Ethiopia. AFP

Students of the Ballet Manguinhos School practice dance movements after a photo session at the Manguinhos favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 27, 2022. - About 400 students between six and 29 years old take free dance classes in Ballet Manguinhos --a kind of oasis in a neighbourhood that lives under the sway of drug trafficking and where classes are regularly interrupted by shootings during police operations-- and which is now facing the possibility of closure due to financial difficulties. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)

A member of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team after a sunset launch from Mount Azmar in the autonomous Kurdistan region of north-eastern Iraq. AFP

Burning tyres block roads in the Libyan capital Tripoli during nationwide protests over deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock. AFP

A metro train passes Kongens Nytorv station without stopping after three people were killed by a gunman in an adjoining shopping mall in Copenhagen, Denmark. EPA

People cheer a performer singing an anti-Russian song during a concert at Closer Art Club, in Kyiv, Ukraine. EPA

The sun sets behind the skyline of Frankfurt, Germany. Reuters

A peace activist dressed as a clown blows bubbles as Israeli forces demolish a Palestinian house in Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank. Reuters

An aerial picture of a busy livestock market in Syria's rebel-held northern town of Dana during preparations for the festival of Eid Al Adha. AFP

Desharne Bent-Ashmeil and Amy Rollinson of Great Britain compete in the women's diving 3m synchronised springboard final at the world championships in Budapest, Hungary. AP

A World Food Programme convoy on the way to Tigray passes the village of Erebti, Ethiopia. AFP

Students of the Ballet Manguinhos School practice dance movements after a photo session at the Manguinhos favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 27, 2022. - About 400 students between six and 29 years old take free dance classes in Ballet Manguinhos --a kind of oasis in a neighbourhood that lives under the sway of drug trafficking and where classes are regularly interrupted by shootings during police operations-- and which is now facing the possibility of closure due to financial difficulties. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)

Today's best photos: from synchronised diving to Brazilian ballet

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

The National

July 04, 2022

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Updated: July 04, 2022, 12:56 PM