Today's best photos: from an earthquake in the Philippines to a bridge opening in Croatia

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

Boulders fall as a vehicle negotiates a road during an earthquake in Bauko, Mountain Province, Philippines on Wednesday July 27, 2022. A strong earthquake left some people dead and injured dozens in the northern Philippines on Wednesday, where the temblor set off small landslides and damaged buildings and churches and prompted terrified crowds and hospital patients in the capital to rush outdoors. One passenger was injured after a boulder hit the vehicle. (AP Photo / Harley Palangchao)

Zarah Ann Gladys, 6, rides her skateboard in Dubai. Reuters

A woman attends a rally in Khartoum, Sudan, calling for an end to ethnic tension and civil conflict after an escalation of violence in Blue Nile state and Darfur. Reuters

An effigy of demon Ghantakarna is burnt to symbolise the destruction of evil and the belief to drive out unwelcome spirits, at the Ghantakarna festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Reuters

The pack rides during stage 3 of the Women's Tour de France between Reims and Epernay. AFP

Iraqis visit the spiral Malwiya minaret, a mid-ninth century treasured national monument, in the Samarra Archaeological City north of Baghdad. Built to symbolise the power of Islam during the Abbasid caliphate, it was listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2007. AFP

Firefighters at the scene as farmers set manure and hay bales alight in a protest on the A50 in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. Dutch farmers are demonstrating against the government's nitrogen policy. EPA

Pope Francis attends the Lac Ste Anne pilgrimage in Alberta, Canada. Reuters

Fireworks explode as part of the opening ceremony of the newly built Peljesac Bridge in Komarna. It connects the central mainland and southern parts of the Croatian Adriatic coast to the Peljesac peninsula. AFP

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