Today's best photos: from water buffalo in Iraq to an Italian Air Force drill

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Water buffalo seek out water in the marshes of Chibayish after a severe summer drought in Dhi Qar, Iraq. AP

A burnt lorry on the Ocana-Sardinata road in north-east Colombia. Armed men stopped and set fire to five vehicles on the motorway near the border with Venezuela. The practice is widespread in parts of Colombia as a threat and to exert territorial control. AFP

Mhamad, an Israeli Bedouin shepherd, presents a newborn lamb to its mother, minutes after it was born near Ruchama, in southern Israel's Negev desert. Reuters

Migrants are packed on to a fishing boat at Paleochora, after a rescue operation off the Greek island of Crete. Reuters

Italian Air Force F35s on a drill in Amendola, Italy. EPA

A Palestinian farmer checks his beehives in Gaza city. Reuters

A Ukrainian soldier peers out of a captured Russian tank at the front line in Donetsk region. AP

The site of a fire which killed 38 people and injured two at a factory in Anyang, in China's central Henan province. AFP

Kylian Mbappe (L) celebrates with Ousmane Dembele after scoring in France's impressive 4-1 win over Australia at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah. AFP

Swans are ferried by boat after being caught at Hamburg's inner city lake Alster by Olaf Niess and his team to bring them to their winter quarters in the northern German city. Reuters

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