Wildfires in southwest Europe and more from the world

Hand-crafted bamboo tubes packed with gunpowder that erupt in a towering column of spark and flame, during the Tatebayashi Arm-Held Fireworks Festival in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, on July 25, 2026.

A firefighter works at the site of a petrol station hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Sumy, Ukraine, in this handout picture released July 23, 2026.

Super Heavy v3 Booster 20 stands on Pad 2 at the SpaceX launch complex ahead of additional testing in Starbase, Texas, U.S., July 22, 2026.

A French Civil Security Canadair CL-415 aircraft flies past flames burning a forest surrounding Cotignac, southeastern France on July 23, 2026 during a wildfire.

Beach goers rest on the beach of Moutchic on the shore of Lake Lacanau (Etang de Lacanau) in Lacanau , southwestern France on July 24, 2026, as clouds of smoke rise into the sky from the Gironde wildfire.

An Air Tractor AT-802F Fire Boss aircraft dumps water over a wildfire burning near San Martin de Valdeiglesias, about 70km west of Madrid, on July 26, 2026.

Children queue to receive meals from a charity kitchen at the Maghazi camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on July 26, 2026.

Pallas's cat Azu , a species considered to be the world's oldest living feline, is seen in her enclosure at Kobe Animal Kingdom in Kobe on July 27, 2026.

A Palestinian boy stands on top of a pile of rubble from a building containing shops and flats that were demolished by Israeli forces, in Arraba, south of the Palestinian city of Jenin in West Bank, on July 27, 2026.

Smoke billows into the sky following Ukrainian drone strikes on warehouses of Russia's online retailer Wildberries, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, July 24, 2026, with St. Isaac's Cathedral seen in foreground.