Today's best photos: from Chinese oysters to Sumatran tigers

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

In this photo taken on August 23, 2023, oyster farmers maneuver their boat at an oyster farm at Qiangjiao town in Ningbo, in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

Dancers on the opening day of the Fiba Basketball World Cup outside the Mall of Asia arena in Manila, Philippines. EPA

Muslim students decorate a flower carpet, or 'pookalam', during a competition as part of the Onam festival celebrations in Chennai, India. EPA

A French tug accompanies about 50 migrants drifting into English waters to be met by a UK Border Force boat in the English Channel. Getty Images

Emmanuel Macron, second right, attends a national homage to Jean-Louis Georgelin, a former French army chief in charge of restoring Paris's emblematic Notre-Dame cathedral. AFP

Workers clear a site destroyed by a Russian military strike, Dnipro, Ukraine. Reuters

Former US president Donald Trump in a police booking mugshot released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office. Reuters

Henry Gomez of El Salvador uses a blower to cool off during a heat wave in Houston, Texas. Reuters

Competitors during the 96th French Chess Championship in L’Alpe d’Huez. AFP

A Sumatran tiger cub, bred as part of a conservation programme at London Zoo, grooms one of its parents. Reuters

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