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Darkened Sky
Clouds of dark gray smoke rise within sight of the seaside resort of Pyla sur Mer on France's Atlantic coast.
Many people are not deterred from visiting the beach by the effects of a forest fire near La Teste-de-Buch.
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Photo: Thibaud Moritz / dpa
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fire of death
A goat's skull lies on the ground after a forest fire in Spain.
The animal died on the premises of a farm in San Martin de Tabara in the northwest of the country.
Forest fires also kept emergency services busy in England, Germany, Portugal and Spain.
Photo: Bernat Armangue/AP
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shield
In Beijing, a woman opened an umbrella to find shade as she walked through a business district.
Like many other parts of the world, the Chinese capital has experienced unusually high temperatures this week.
In China, the air raid shelters were opened in some places so that people could cool down there.
Temperatures have surpassed all records across much of the country, while many areas are battling flooding.
Photo: Mark Schiefelbein/AP
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Uncertainty near the front
War has been raging in Ukraine for months.
The Russian attacks are now mainly concentrated in the east of the country.
Not far from the front of the Donbass region, a little boy is standing next to a Ukrainian soldier.
Photo: Gleb Garanich / REUTERS
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Behind bars
Brittney Griner is one of the most successful basketball players in history.
The American has been in custody in Russia since February for carrying vape cartridges with illegal hash oil in her luggage.
The case has escalated into a political issue, with US President Joe Biden declaring it a “priority”.
If convicted, WNBA star Griner faces up to ten years in prison.
Photo: Dmitry Serebryakov / AP
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standstill
While parts of Europe are groaning in the heat, people on the Chilean-Argentinian border have other problems.
The border crossing in the Andes was closed after a snowstorm, preventing these trucks from continuing their journey.
Photo: Maximiliano Rios / REUTERS
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encircled
Seven years ago, a suicide attack took place in the Turkish city of Suruç.
At least 32 people died in the bomb attack at a cultural center.
The city is just a few kilometers from the Syrian border.
The attack is attributed to the »Islamic State«.
At a rally to mark the anniversary, the police cracked down on the demonstrators.
Then as now, many Kurds accuse the Turkish government of allowing IS to do its thing.
Photo: Erdem Sahin/EPA
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mural painting
Sri Lanka is in a serious crisis.
Mass protests first forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa into exile and then to resign.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was named as President's successor this week.
The protests could continue, the people see Wickremesinghe as a confidant of the former president.
In the capital, Colombo, the anti-government slogans are still visible on the walls of houses.
Photo: Chamila Karunarathne/EPA
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No exceptions for women religious
A security guard checks on a nun at a New York church.
The occasion: the funeral of Ivana Trump.
Donald Trump's ex-wife died in an accident last week.
The former US President, his wife Melania and the three children from Donald and Ivana Trump's marriage, Donald Junior, Eric and Ivanka, as well as their partners and children attended the funeral service.
Photo: Jeenah Moon / REUTERS
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Far from war
While the Russian military continues to murder and pillage in Ukraine and little is heard from the Kremlin other than war rhetoric, life in the provinces largely goes on as usual.
Here a train makes its way over a flooded track through a salt lake in the Altai region.
Photo: Alexey Malgavko / REUTERS
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11/26
hotshot
It belongs to the Tour de France like the colorful classification jerseys, the hairpin bends of Alpe d'Huez or the Champs-Élysées: For about 20 years, Didi Senft from Reichenwalde near Berlin has been the cycling devil who, likes to be armed with a trident, leads the class riders and Mountain fleas chasing up the mountains on the Tour of France.
The striking fan had actually declared his retirement in 2014, but this year Senfts Teufel again had a guest appearance on the big loop.
Photo: Yoan Valat/EPA
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12/26
beach day
In many places, the temperatures can only be endured in air-conditioned or darkened rooms - or possibly by the water.
But: beware of the risk of sunburn.
These people have nevertheless opted for the beach option and visited Mare e Sole beach on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica amid the current heatwave.
Photo: Pascal Pochard-Casabianca / AFP
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bath day
An animal keeper cools down the white-tailed eagle »Vraska« with a water hose.
The animal lives at Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park in Stirling, UK.
According to preliminary data, the country has experienced the hottest day on record - with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius.
Photo: Andrew Milligan / dpa
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In the firelight
Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece: Large parts of southern Europe are currently fighting violent forest fires.
This image shows a fire in Louchats, south-west France.
Photo: Thibaud Moritz / AFP
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Firebird
30 years of Christopher Street Day must of course be celebrated particularly loudly, wildly and, above all, colorfully.
Especially if the past two years had to be canceled due to Corona.
On Saturday, the CSD went through Frankfurt to draw attention to the rights of the queer community and their discrimination.
Photo: Helmut Fricke / dpa
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No still ball
The world's best track and field athletes compete for World Championship medals in Eugene, Oregon.
Shot putter Portious Warren from Trinidad and Tobago battles for best distances in qualifying.
Gold later went to Chase Ealey from the USA.
Photo: Ben Stansall / AFP
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Early stage
The harvest workers in Leinfelden-Echterdingen in Baden-Württemberg are not only on duty shortly after sunrise because of the heat.
The lettuce has to be harvested early in order to find its way to the supermarkets in time.
Photo: Marijan Murat / dpa
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Power production mission
Beautiful is different - the solar panels here on a house in the Bavarian town of Kitzingen are not exactly decorative.
But they help to ensure that the transition to sustainable energy production is successful.
Do what you have to do.
Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand / dpa
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Bleak prospects
It looks like a scene from a movie, but the situation is real: a couple is standing on the pier at Le Moulleau in Arcachon, France.
A plume of smoke looms behind them from forest fires.
France dispatched several seaplanes and hundreds of firefighters to fight the spreading fires, fueled by hot winds.
Photo: Sophie Garcia / dpa
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20/26
When the weather changes
The persistent heat is drying out the Zicksee in Austria.
In order to save the fish living in it, sport fishermen in the area were asked to catch the fish.
The animals were moved to surrounding ponds.
Around 30 tons should be fished out of the water, which is only around 20 centimeters deep.
Photo: Hans Klaus Techt / dpa
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How the rabbit runs
Do you know rabbit hop?
In this sport, dwarf rabbits compete against each other.
Animal sport is particularly popular in Northern Europe, and the world record in the high jump discipline was set in Sweden.
This competition also takes place there, more precisely on the Falsterbo peninsula.
Photo: Mathilda Ahlberg / Bildbyran / IMAGO
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brand
Fires also broke out in the UK.
A field fire threatened the Lenham Cross War Memorial, which commemorates the victims of both world wars.
This aerial photograph shows the extent of the burned area near the village of Lenham in Kent, England.
Photo: Gareth Fuller / dpa
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Opera on the water
Who wants to go into a plush opera house when it's 30 degrees or more outside?
Even.
Brilliant idea to move the whole thing to a lake.
At the Bregenz Festival, the Uzbek soprano Barno Ismatullaeva sings in the production of the opera "Madame Butterfly" by Giacomo Puccini on the lake stage, under the open sky and surrounded by water.
For the actors, but also for the audience, it should be very pleasant these days.
Photo: Eddy Risch / dpa
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Not everyone throws logs
In the public eye, the Scottish Highland Games are dominated by masculine muscle men.
But the event in the north of Great Britain has even more competition categories in store: Among other things, bagpipes or "highland dancing", where even the little ones can try their hand.
Photo:Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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Cheers – or just a sniff?
A squirrel sniffs a beer bottle on top of an overflowing rubbish bin in a London park.
Photo: Sebastian Gollnow / dpa
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ice bomb
The Olderdissen zoo in Bielefeld comes up with a number of ideas to protect its residents from the heat.
The program also includes fruit frozen in water.
This makes the hot day easier at temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius.
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Photo: Friso Gentsch / dpa
