Today's best photos: from rock climbing to rock jumping

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

Slovenia's Milan Preskar competes in the semi-finals of the men's lead competition of the IFSC Climbing World Cup on Mont-Blanc square in Chamonix, French Alps, on July 9, 2022. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)

Participants run ahead of a young cow after a bull run at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain. AFP

Bartosz Bednorz of Poland in action during the 2022 men's FIVB Volleyball Nations League match against the Netherlands in Gdansk, Poland. EPA

A car is submerged by the heavy rain that hit the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Sunday. India's annual monsoon season runs from June to September. AP

A supporter of North Macedonia's biggest opposition party waves a flag while at a rally in Skopje, the capital. Reuters

Soldiers stand on the Champs Elysees during a rehearsal for the Bastille Day parade in Paris. AP

A Bosnian Muslim woman, Bahta Aljic, mourns next to the coffin containing the remains of her husband who is among 50 newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide. AP

Insulation covers part of the Rhone Glacier in Switzerland to prevent it from melting. The glacier has been selected among 10 across the world to be monitored by time-lapse cameras to document and measure the impact of global warming. AFP

A firefighter works to extinguish a wildfire at Casais do Vento in Alvaiazere, Portugal. About 1,500 personnel have been mobilised to put out three wildfires raging for more than 48 hours in central and northern parts of the country. AFP

People jump from a rock into the Mediterranean in the French Riviera city of Nice as a heatwave engulfs the country. AFP

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