Today's best photos: From a Beijing mural to an explosion in the Dominican Republic

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

A man walks next to a mural in Beijing, China, 15 August 2023. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China has stopped releasing unemployment rates citing the need to improve labor force statistics, this comes after the youth unemployment rate hit a record 21. 3 percent in June. EPA/MARK R. CRISTINO

Flamingos are seen on the almost dried-out Sijoumi lagoon in Tunis. Reuters

Men during a protest demanding an end to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Reuters

A farmer harvests jasmine flowers on the outskirts of Madurai. AFP

Kansas City Royals' Freddy Fermin douses Dairon Blanco after their baseball game against the Seattle Mariners. AP

A fireman walks through the smoke of a mountain fire in Soacha near Bogota. AP

Doves released at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on the 78th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War Two. Reuters

Pedestrians walk near Plaza de Mayo a day after Argentina's primary elections, in Buenos Aires. Reuters

Members of the Indian Army Service Corps team display their motorbike skills during Independence Day celebrations in Bangalore. EPA

Afghan girls look at Taliban supporters on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul. Reuters

A young Syrian practises Parkour in the town of Ariha, in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province. AFP

Fire crews work after an explosion in a commercial establishment in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. AFP

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