Today's best photos: from a Lebanese jellyfish to a gibbous moon in Syria

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

A jellyfish swims in the Mediterranean sea waters off the shore of Lebanon's northern coastal city of Tripoli on July 12, 2022. - The invasive jellyfish species "Rhopilema Nomadica" has been entering the Mediterranean sea through the Suez Canal from the 1970s onwards. The increasing jellyfish population is due to rising seawater temperatures, and is becoming a threat to the Mediterranean ecosystem, scientists have warned. (Photo by Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP)

Fans during the friendly match between Manchester United and Liverpool, at Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand. United won 4-0. Reuters

Demonstrators outside the office of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo. Reuters

Port workers in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province. AFP

The red carpet at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv gets a spring-clean ahead of US President Joe Biden's arrival for an official visit. AFP

The waxing gibbous moon rises behind a rundown Ferris wheel at an abandoned amusement park near Al-Nayrab, a village ravaged by bombardments by pro-government forces in Idlib province, Syria. AFP

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