Today's best photos: from a B-52 bomber over Kuwait to UK's next PM

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

This photo released by the U. S. Air Force shows a B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, flying over Kuwait City, Kuwait, on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. The Air Force flew the mission Sunday amid tensions with Iran in the wider region as negotiations over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers hang in the balance. (Staff Sgt. Charles Fultz/U. S. Air Force via AP)

Ukrainian firefighters put out a fire in a residential house after a Russian military strike, in Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. Reuters

People listen to the live broadcast of the Supreme Court of Kenya's judgement on the outcome of the general elections on their smart phones in Nairobi. AFP

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is pictured from Cocoa Beach as it launches from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. AP

Parishioners walk in a street decorated with coloured carpets made of flowers, coloured sawdust and recycled plastic, for the procession of the Virgen de Los Angeles, in Cartago, Costa Rica. AFP

People sit at Eminonu ferry terminal next to the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. AP Photo

Idols of the elephant-headed Hindu god Lord Ganesh washed ashore after being immersed in the sea of the Bay of Bengal, on the fifth day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, at Pattinapakkam beach, in Chennai, India. EPA

Young people take part in the Festival of Colours at Asanbai Park in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The event refers to the traditional Holi festival in northern India. EPA

Italian ballet dancer Roberto Bolle (unseen) dances with 1,500 students of dance schools at Piazza Duomo at the OnDance dance festival, in Milan, Italy. EPA

This aerial photograph shows makeshift tents for Pakistanis displaced due to the floods after heavy monsoon rains at Sohbatpur in the Jaffarabad district of Balochistan province. AFP

People watch the sunset on the beach of Deauville on the sidelines of the 48th Deauville US Film Festival. AFP

Skateboarders ride down the Maryhill Loops Road during the Maryhill Ratz Freeride in Washington. The event attracts riders from all over the country. AFP

Broadcasts journalists outside No. 10, Downing Street, on the day of the announcement of the new leader of the ruling Conservative Party in London. Bloomberg

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