Today's best photos: from the annual swan census to Farnborough Airshow

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

Visitors look at water barrels placed in a Boeing 777X for an experiment on weight distribution at the Farnborough Airshow, in Hampshire, England. AFP

A water buffalo is pictured across from the Nahr Bin Omar oilfield in Iraq's southern province of Basra. AFP

A pet pelican is sprayed with water on top of a car in traffic in Kabul. AFP

People carry drinking water as they walk along a hillside near the Kart-e-Sakhi cemetery in Kabul. AFP

Malaysia’s customs officers display some seized elephant tusks during a press conference in Selangor, west of Kuala Lumpur, following an operation that recovered ivory and other animal body parts from a ship on July 10. AFP

Firefighters put gas containers in the swimming pool of the 5 star hotel La Corniche in the town of Pilat sur Merle, in south-west France, as smoke from a fire is seen in background. AFP

People watch a flyboard performance as they cool off in a pool to escape the hot weather at a water park in Huaian, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. AFP

Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali celebrates winning the men's 3000m steeplechase final during the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. AFP

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon departs the federal courthouse, in Washington. Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of Mr Bannon, a one-time adviser to former president Donald Trump. AP

A couple stands on the Le Moulleau pier in Arcachon, south-western France, as a large cloud of black smoke laden with ashes coming from a giant wildfire fills the sky. AP

Britain's Prince Charles holds a magnifying glass as he jokes with Michael Johnson at a copper workshop, during his visit to Newlyn near Penzance in south-west England. AFP

Two men conduct repair works in a flat after a missile strike hit the Piatykhatky neighborhood of Kharkiv, in north-eastern Ukraine. EPA

Cygnets swim past Swan Uppers during the annual census of the swan population along sections of the River Thames, Shepperton near Windsor, Britain, July 18, 2022. REUTERS / Toby Melville

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