Today's best photos: from a wildfire in France to a pop concert in Spain

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

An aerial view of a forest after wildfires near Landiras, south-western France. The Gironde prefecture said the two fires, which destroyed 20,800 hectares of forest in the past 10 days and forced out more than 36,000 people, are extinguished, but that firefighters must remain to watch for recurrences. AFP

Smoke rises from ruined grain silos in Beirut port on Friday, days before Lebanon marks two years since the August 4, 2020 explosion that killed at least 200 people on the site. Fermentation of grain and rising temperatures combined to start small fires last week. AFP

Pope Francis holds onto his skull cap, or zucchetto, as the wind blows during his visit to the Citadelle de Quebec in Quebec City on Friday, part of a six-day penitential visit to Canada to beg forgiveness from survivors of abuse in the country's Catholic-run Indigenous residential schools. AP

Indian school pupils in Bangalore take part in the Save Our Tiger awareness campaign on International Tiger Day, which is observed every year on July 29. EPA

Drivers of auto rickshaws queue to buy petrol from a station in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters

A costumed visitor receives his government contact tracing QR code in the LeaveHomeSafe coronavirus app scanned at Ani-Com and Games exhibition in Hong Kong on Friday. AP

Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr protest against corruption on the walls of the Green Zone in Baghdad on Saturday. Reuters

Spanish artist Rosalia performs on stage during her concert at Coliseum in A Coruna, Galicia, northern Spain, on Friday as part of her Motomami World Tour. EPA

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