Firefighters of Paris Fire Brigade rest in Marcheprime west of Bordeaux, France, on July 26, 2026. A wildfire has been ravaging the forest north of the Arcachon Basin (Gironde) since July 22. The fire that has engulfed the area around the Arcachon Basin and is now threatening the outskirts of the Bordeaux metropolitan area has destroyed 42,000 hectares, the Gironde prefecture announced. The prefecture has evacuated a total of 220,000 people since July 22. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images
A military honor guard carries the casket of the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham into the Rotunda during a congressional tribute at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on July 28, 2026. Graham, a South Carolina Republican, died at age 71 on July 11. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Deer run from a wildfire near the village of Cebreros, Spain, on July 27, 2026. Wildfires have burned approximately 77,000 hectares across the country, with authorities working to bring the blazes under control before worsening weather conditions. Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Images
Sandbars appear in the shallow waters of the Danube River near Novi Sad, Serbia, on July 27, 2026. Prolonged drought and hot weather across Europe have pushed water levels along the Danube to record seasonal lows, with the river reaching its lowest flow rate in 30 years. Nenad Mihajlovic/AFP via Getty Images
Officers from the Police Intervention and Anti-Crime Unit patrol during an anti-crime operation in Tanji, Gambia, on July 25, 2026. Muhamadou Bittaye/AFP via Getty Images
A girl and her grandfather travel on a raft through floodwaters following heavy monsoon rains in Sivasagar district, India, on July 27, 2026. Biju Boro/AFP via Getty Images
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig, and Family Minister Karin Prien prepare to lay flowers at the site in Berlin's Tiergarten park where a vehicle crashed into a crowd near the Christopher Street Day Pride parade in Berlin, on July 26, 2026. The crash left one woman dead and 29 others injured. Annegret Hilse/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Wild coyotes rest in an abandoned construction site of a condominium development, in West Hollywood, Calif., on July 29, 2026. The unfinished housing project, originally planned as a 22-unit condominium complex, has become home to a pack of coyotes and was nicknamed “Coyote Condo” by local residents. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Police horses are given refreshments during the handover of The King's Life Guard amid a fourth consecutive summer heatwave affecting southern England, in London, on July 29, 2026. Ben Montgomery/Getty Images
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, testifies before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in Washington on July 29, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Members of Liberia Joint Security, an inter-agency task force coordinated by the Ministry of Justice and National Security Council, celebrate the burning of 4,208.6 kilograms (9278 pounds) of cocaine during a public display, in Careysburg, Liberia, on July 30, 2026. Liberian authorities announced the seizure of nearly four tons of cocaine valued at $317 million in a major drug bust that led to the arrest of two foreign nationals. Matthew Jacobs/AFP via Getty Images
Lightning strikes a building in Tokyo on July 30, 2026. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Illegal immigrants gather along the fence at the site of clashes near Fnideq on the Morocco–Spain border, in Fnideq, Morocco, on July 31, 2026. Thousands of illegal immigrants crossed overnight from Morocco into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, according to a police source, with 18 people reported dead while attempting to reach the enclave. Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP via Getty Images
People and journalists photograph a panda named Katyusha during the birthday celebration of its mother, Dindin, at the Moscow Zoo, in Moscow on July 30, 2026. Igor Ivanko/AFP via Getty Images
A girl carries a jerrycan as displaced people living in temporary shelters receive food aid, in Al-Khawkhah, Yemen, on July 30, 2026. Khaled Ziad/AFP via Getty Images
A woman reacts as protesters storm the Department of Home Affairs offices during a demonstration calling for the removal of illegal immigrants, in Alexandra township, South Africa, on July 30, 2026. The protests come amid mounting pressure on the government over migration, with some activists and groups blaming illegal immigrants for crime, unemployment, and strain on public services. Emmanuel Croset/AFP via Getty Images
A mosque and surrounding buildings in Somang village is revealed by drought conditions in Lebak, Indonesia, on July 30, 2026, after having been deliberately flooded in 2023 for the construction of the Karian Dam. Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images
Polar bears cool down on ice in their enclosure at the Prague Zoo as temperatures are expected to reach 36 degrees C (97 degrees F) and more, in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 30, 2026. Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images
People take shelter at a metro station during a Russian missile strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, early on July 30, 2026. Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at least one person, according to authorities. Oleksii Filippov/AFP via Getty Images
Wales's Cari Hughes competes in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase final during the athletics event at the Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 29, 2026. Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images
The "buck" full moon rises behind the spiral-shaped minaret of the Abdulla Bin Zaid al-Mahmud Islamic Cultural Center, also known as the Fanar Mosque, in Doha, Qatar, on July 29, 2026. Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images
Staff from the forensic and chemical monitoring unit of Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency perform a chemical neutralization process during an operation to dismantle an abandoned clandestine methamphetamine laboratory, in Iroto, Ogun State, Nigeria, on July 29, 2026. The abandoned site contained cooking cauldrons and vats of chemicals linked to a multimillion-dollar transnational meth operation. Toyin Adedokun/AFP via Getty Images
A firefighter sprays water to extinguish a fire in the town of Plomari on the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece, on July 29, 2026. Manolis Lagoutaris/AFP via Getty Images
People walk over a damaged railway track in a flooded area after the Ravi River overflowed following heavy monsoon rains, in Sheikhupura, Pakistan, on July 29, 2026. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images
Israeli settlers try to extinguish a wildfire near the Ein Samiya spring in the West Bank on July 29, 2026. Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty Images
A man visits the collapsed Yatsushiro Shrine after an earthquake struck the previous day, in Yatsushiro, Japan, on July 29, 2026. Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images
Residents assess the damage to their property a day after a tornado ripped through Menasha, Wis., on July 28, 2026. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images
Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori walks toward the Government Palace after leaving Congress following her inauguration ceremony in Lima, Peru, on July 28, 2026. Fujimori took office vowing to tackle a wave of crime sweeping the Andean nation after winning the June 7 presidential runoff by fewer than 50,000 votes. Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images
Security forces and emergency personnel work at the site of U.S.–Saudi strikes that targeted a base belonging to Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi Forces north of al-Miqdadiyah district in Diyala province, Iraq, on July 29, 2026. The strikes killed at least 20 members of a former paramilitary alliance that includes pro-Iran groups, according to the alliance. Younis Al-Bayati/AFP via Getty Images
A unionist wrapped in a Venezuelan national flag signs another Venezuelan flag during a protest march calling for elections in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 28, 2026. Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images
Palestinians run for cover as smoke and fire rise during an Israeli strike on the Al-Muttaqin Mosque in Gaza City, Gaza, on July 28, 2026. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images
