Wednesday's best photos: from a wildfire in California to the Tarantula Nebula

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

Wind whips embers from a burning tree during a wildfire Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Hemet, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H. W. Chiu)

A car damaged by Typhoon Hinnamnor in Pohang, South Korea. EPA

Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss (6L) sits with members of her new Cabinet. AFP

The HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier departs from Portsmouth in England. HMS Queen Elizabeth is replacing its sister ship, HMS Prince of Wales, in landmark aviation trials in US waters with the US Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy and the US Marine Corps. Getty Images

An Israel Antiquities Authority conservator inspects a papyrus fragment at the organisation's Dead Sea conservation lab in Jerusalem. The document dates to the First Temple-period (late 7th or early 6th century BCE), was written in ancient Hebrew script and originally found in Judean Desert caves following an intelligence operation. AFP

The financial district of Lujiazui during sunrise in Shanghai. AFP

Members of the South Carolina State Senate Medical Affairs Committee vote on removing the exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest at the state legislature in Columbia. Reuters

Rescue workers evacuate residents at the site of a landslide near the town of Moxi following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province, China. Reuters

Smoke billows from the Venezuelan ship Taurus 1 burning in the Buenaventura Bay, Colombia. Twenty-nine people were rescued aboard after a fire broke out due to a short-circuit, the Colombian Navy said. AFP

A couple walk along the receding edge of the water after record low water levels at the Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City in the US. AP

Paris Saint-Germain supporters before their home Group H Champions League match with Juventus at Parc des Princes. PSG won 2-1 thanks to two goals from star striker Kylian Mbappe. AP

Thousands of never-before-seen young stars have been spotted in the stellar nursery called 30 Doradus, or the Tarantula Nebula. Photo: Nasa

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