Today's best photos: From X Games in California to Paleo Festival in Switzerland

The National picks the most striking images from around the globe

Moto Shibata of Japan practises for the Men's Skateboard Vert at the X Games California. AP

Spectators reach for a golf ball thrown to them at the 18th green, during the second round during The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool, Britain. Reuters

Iranian students display slogans written on their hands, in front of the Swedish embassy in Tehran, during a demonstration denouncing the desecration in Sweden of the Quran. AFP

Olivio Ordonez from the French hip hop duo Bigflo & Oli (Bigflo et Oli) crowd-surfs in an inflatable boat during the Paleo Festival. AP

A Hindu devotee takes part in the milk offering rite of paal kuda pavani, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters

Demonstrators wave Israeli national flags as they march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, to protest against the government's judicial overhaul bill, ahead of a vote in the parliament. AFP

Officials collect carcasses of birds at a river bank, killed by a major outbreak of bird flu, in Finnmark, Norway. EPA

Dutch DJ Martin Garrix performs on the main stage during the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland. EPA

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