Today's best photos: from Gavilan fire in California to Assam's flood in India

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

Participants play with kites during the International kites festival in Bantul, Yogyakarta on July 16, 2023. (Photo by DEVI RAHMAN / AFP)

A firefighter monitors the Gavilan Fire, which has already burned more than 250 acres in Perris, California. AFP

A bus is brought out of a flooded underground tunnel after flood water submerged 15 vehicles, killing at least seven in Osong, South Korea. EPA

Dancers pose for photographs during the Surabaya Cross Culture International Folk Art Festival in Indonesia. AFP

A young person jumps into the Mediterranean Sea to cool off on a sweltering hot day in Beirut, Lebanon. AP

Two young people dive into the the Shatt al-Arab waterway to escape the heat in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. AFP

A man cools off in a public water playground at a park in eastern Tokyo, as high temperatures scorched the city while torrential rain pummelled other Japanese regions. AFP

Flooding in Kashasila village in India's northeastern state of Assam. AFP

More from The National:

Saturday's best photos: from Montreux Jazz Festival to fireworks in Paris

Friday's best photos: from a happy chick to Bastille Day

Thursday's best photos: from London's Barbie premiere to Montreux Jazz Festival - in pictures

Wednesday's best photos: from a newborn panda in South Korea to the Tour de France

Tuesday's best photos: from football in a volcano crater to Tokyo's male cheerleaders

Monday's best photos: from snow in Johannesburg to a brown bear in Finland

Sunday's best photos: from horses in Spain to rowing in Switzerland