Today's best photos: from six months of war in Ukraine to protests in Argentina

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

Members of the Honour Guard attend a rising ceremony of the Ukraine's biggest national flag to mark the Day of the State Flag, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 23, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Salt evaporation ponds in Anfeh, northern Lebanon. Reuters

A horse from the Garrison Savannah Racetrack rolls on the beach off the Caribbean Sea during its daily swim and bath near Bridgetown, Barbados. AP

An image taken with a drone shows the remains of the 12-metre pedestal that once held the statue of US Confederate Gen Robert E Lee, lying on a city property in Richmond, Virginia. The state of Virginia removed the six-metre bronze monument of Lee, once the largest confederate statue in the US, on September 8, 2021. The state then dismantled and removed Lee's pedestal in December 2021. EPA

A demonstrator runs through tear gas during clashes between coca growers and police over a new coca market, in La Paz, Bolivia. Reuters

The wreckage of a Range Rover that veered off the road onto the Piccadilly Line train track after colliding with a Tesla, at Park Royal Station, in West London. A woman, 33, was killed in the crash. Reuters

Sudanese cross a flooded road in the town of Iboud, 250 kilometres south of the capital Khartoum. AFP

A supporter of Angolan opposition Unita party holds a party flag during its final campaign rally before general elections, in Luanda. Angolans head to the polls on August 24. AFP

Thousands of Jews attend the funeral in Jerusalem of Rabbi Shalom Cohen, the influential spiritual leader of Israel's largest ultra-Orthodox Shas political party, who died at the age of 91. AFP

Boatmen retrieve boats that are drifting away amid monsoon rains on the Upper Lake in Bhopal, India. AFP

Police arrive to control protesters, both opponents and supporters of Argentinian Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who gathered outside her home after a state prosecutor asked for a 12-year prison sentence for Ms Fernandez de Kirchner, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The prosecutor said in his closing statement of a trial that began in 2019 that the vice president was the head of 'systematic corruption' around a public works contract. EPA

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