A member of the Syrian Red Crescent society stands by, as children unload items off the back of a truck at the Akbaran camp near Akhtarin, in the north of Syria's Aleppo province, now holding people arriving from eastern Syria, on Feb. 17, 2026. Syria began evacuating remaining residents of Al-Hol camp, which long housed relatives of suspected Islamic State group fighters, as it empties the formerly Kurdish-controlled facility, officials told AFP. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images
Employees patrol by boat near the city center flooded by the Garonne river in La Reole, France, on Feb. 17, 2026. The flood alert system has been working at a record pace as relentless rain over the past month has saturated the soil, the head of the agency told AFP on Feb. 14. Gaizka Iroz/AFP via Getty Images
