Today's best photos: From Hawaii fires to turbines in Japan

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

A wildfire burns in Kihei, Hawaii early Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. Thousands of residents raced to escape homes on Maui as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of a centuries-old town in one of the deadliest U. S. wildfires in recent years. (AP Photo / Ty O'Neil)

The Westerheide forest near Hilversum, Netherlands, where the heaths are blooming earlier than usual this year. AFP

A Sudanese officer addresses civilians recruited by the army during military training in the Kassinger area of Sudan's Northern State. AFP

Window cleaners at work on an office building in Jakarta, Indonesia. EPA

A bull attacks a man during the traditional dance of the culonas cows at the Santo Domingo de Guzman festivities in Managua, Nicaragua on Wednesday. EPA

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is illuminated for its 850th anniversary in Pisa, Italy. The first foundation stones were laid on August 9, 1173. EPA

Police shelter from missiles thrown at them during a protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, against the death of Morena Dominguez, 11, who died from her injuries after criminals tried to rob her. AP

Actress Phoebe Price joined members of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild on the picket line outside Netflix in Hollywood, California, on Wednesday. AFP

A policeman who was wounded when shots were fired at a rally for Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito. Villavicencio was shot dead at the event on Wednesday evening. AFP

A migrant returns to a makeshift camp near Calais, France, at sunrise on Thursday after a failed attempt to cross the English Channel to the UK on a small boat. Reuters

The pools and slides at a Dubai hotel. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Wildfires driven by high winds destroyed a large part of the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii. Reuters

A man on the breakwater in Kamisu city, Japan. AFP

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