• French elite acrobatic flying team "Patrouille de France" (PAF) release smoke in the colours of the French flag as they perform a fly-over the Louvre Pyramid during the Bastille Day military parade in Paris on July 14, 2022. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP)
    French elite acrobatic flying team "Patrouille de France" (PAF) release smoke in the colours of the French flag as they perform a fly-over the Louvre Pyramid during the Bastille Day military parade in Paris on July 14, 2022. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP)
  • A dramatic emergency response drill for rescue teams takes place in New Taipei City. AFP
    A dramatic emergency response drill for rescue teams takes place in New Taipei City. AFP
  • Boys cool off in a city fountain before sunset in Bucharest. Romania's national weather institute has forecast a heatwave that is spreading throughout Europe and is set to affect the country over the next few days. AP
    Boys cool off in a city fountain before sunset in Bucharest. Romania's national weather institute has forecast a heatwave that is spreading throughout Europe and is set to affect the country over the next few days. AP
  • A tour group stands on a walkway near the top of the Capitol Dome, beneath the 1865 painting by Constantino Brumidi, 'The Apotheosis of Washington', in the US Capitol building, Washington DC. EPA
    A tour group stands on a walkway near the top of the Capitol Dome, beneath the 1865 painting by Constantino Brumidi, 'The Apotheosis of Washington', in the US Capitol building, Washington DC. EPA
  • People dive from a platform on Lake Geneva, near Lausanne, Switzerland. AFP
    People dive from a platform on Lake Geneva, near Lausanne, Switzerland. AFP
  • The drying-out bed and receded water levels at Lindley Wood Reservoir in Otley, northern England. Residential demand for water is high amid a summer heatwave. Getty Images
    The drying-out bed and receded water levels at Lindley Wood Reservoir in Otley, northern England. Residential demand for water is high amid a summer heatwave. Getty Images
  • The diver Sebastian Prajsnar carries the Queen's Baton for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, to be held in Birmingham, in the aquarium at The Deep sea-life attraction as the baton visits Yorkshire on its 25-day tour of England. The opening ceremony is on July 28. AP
    The diver Sebastian Prajsnar carries the Queen's Baton for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, to be held in Birmingham, in the aquarium at The Deep sea-life attraction as the baton visits Yorkshire on its 25-day tour of England. The opening ceremony is on July 28. AP
  • An emergency helicopter tackles a raging forest wildfire, which broke out in the Datca district of Mugla, Turkey. AFP
    An emergency helicopter tackles a raging forest wildfire, which broke out in the Datca district of Mugla, Turkey. AFP
  • An impressively bright supermoon rises over Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
    An impressively bright supermoon rises over Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. Khushnum Bhandari / The National

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Today's best photos: from Bastille Day to a supermoon

'The National' picks the most striking images from around the world

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July 14, 2022

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Some of Darwish's last words

"They see their tomorrows slipping out of their reach. And though it seems to them that everything outside this reality is heaven, yet they do not want to go to that heaven. They stay, because they are afflicted with hope." - Mahmoud Darwish, to attendees of the Palestine Festival of Literature, 2008

His life in brief: Born in a village near Galilee, he lived in exile for most of his life and started writing poetry after high school. He was arrested several times by Israel for what were deemed to be inciteful poems. Most of his work focused on the love and yearning for his homeland, and he was regarded the Palestinian poet of resistance. Over the course of his life, he published more than 30 poetry collections and books of prose, with his work translated into more than 20 languages. Many of his poems were set to music by Arab composers, most significantly Marcel Khalife. Darwish died on August 9, 2008 after undergoing heart surgery in the United States. He was later buried in Ramallah where a shrine was erected in his honour.

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