Today's best photos: from a Bumblebee traffic sign to a family of quokkas

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

A large-scale figure of Bumblebee, a fictional character from the USA film Transformers, displayed at an intersection in Bangkok, Thailand, 31 July 2023. Thai authorities made a large-scale figure of Bumblebee and displayed it on a circle as a traffic sign for the driver's gaze to pay attention in an effort to prevent road accidents on a busy intersection as well as street decoration to attract tourists. EPA / RUNGROJ YONGRIT

A council worker cleans a section of the Minton tiled floor of St George's Hall in Liverpool, England. Getty Images

Crane Valley Hotshots, part of the team tackling the York Fire in the Mojave National Preserve in California. AFP

Sudanese girls who fled the conflict in Geneina, in Sudan's Darfur region, queue up for water in Adre, Chad. Reuters

Workers remove a Soviet emblem from the Motherland monument in Kyiv. Reuters

Clouds envelop Salgo Castle during sunset near Salgotarjan, Hungary. EPA

A shopping district in the Ueno area of Tokyo. Bloomberg

A porter beneath a plastic sheet as night falls between Askole and the K2 mountain in the Karakoram range of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. AFP

Palestinians play football in a neighbourhood in Gaza amid soaring temperatures and power cuts. AFP

A Citroen 2CV during the 16th 'Traversee estivale' vintage vehicle parade through Paris. AFP

Irina Barkhatova, 68, in her Donetsk apartment that was hit by shelling during the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Reuters

People in canoes and pedal boats on the Lac de Sainte Croix in Verdon Gorge in Aiguines, southern France. EPA

A quokka carries its baby in its pouch on Rottnest Island, Australia. Reuters

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