Today's best photos: From Biden at the Grand Canyon to a novice monk in Nepal

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

US President Joe Biden signs a proclamation to designate Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, south of Tusayan, Arizona. AFP

Pope Francis greets people during the weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Reuters

A vendor sells Indian national flags along a roadside in New Delhi ahead of the country's 77th Independence Day. AFP

A tugboat pulls a timber raft down the Angara River near the settlement of Strelka in the Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. Reuters

An exiled Tibetan Buddhist monk walks on a mountain path in Dharamshala, India. AP

A flock of birds flies in front of buildings in the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany. AP

Fishermen sell their wares on the street in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA

A Buddhist novice monk offers prayers at the Golden Temple near Patan Durbar square in Lalitpur on August 9, 2023. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)

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