Today's best photos: from Ukraine Independence Day to flooding in Sudan

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

Larry the cat stands by a flower arch of Ukraine's national flower, sunflowers, erected outside Number 10 Downing Street in London to mark Ukrainian Independence Day on August 24, 2022. (Photo by Susannah Ireland / AFP)

Palestinians ride bicycles at sunset along the shoreline in Gaza City. AFP

Campaign posters of Angola's President Joao Lourenco, who is seeking re-election, are tied to palm trees on a beach in Luanda. AFP

South Korean emergency services personnel wearing protective clothing participate in an anti-terror and anti-chemical attack exercise as part of the 2022 Ulchi Freedom Shield, at the Lotte shopping mall in Seoul. Getty Images

A youth makes his way on a bicycle in a flooded area near the Ganges River, in Allahabad, India. AFP

Firefighters tackle a blaze at the Galaktika shopping mall in Donetsk, which was hit by shelling amid the Ukraine-Russia war. Reuters

David Lawless and his son Toby work with shire horses Cosmo and Boy to harvest the wildflower meadow at King's College Cambridge, England. The heavy horses help to cut the meadow before turning and carting the hay on a traditional wain, with the bales being used to propagate more wildflower meadows across the city of Cambridge, and the hay offered to local farmers as winter feed for livestock. AP

People rest as others cross the water during floods in Al Manaqil, Jazira State, Sudan. Reuters

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