Vila Real, Portugal
Firefighters battle a forest fire near Paredes as hundreds of personnel are deployed to serious blazes in the region
Photograph: Pedro Sarmento Costa/EPA

Vounteni, Greece
A man leads goats away from spreading wildfires in Vounteni on the outskirts of Patras in western Greece
Photograph: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP

İzmir, Turkey
Firefighters take a quick rest after the fire they attended is brought under control
Photograph: Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu/Getty Images

Delvinë, Albania
Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire as outbreaks continue in the south of the country
Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters

La Paz, Bolivia
Dancers wearing traditional costumes perform at a campaign rally for the presidential candidate for the Alianza Unidad coalition, Samuel Doria Medina, ahead of the election on 17 August
Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images

Havana, Cuba
School buses pass through a flooded street after heavy rains
Photograph: Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA

Scharbeutz, Germany
Beachgoers sunbathe and cool off in the Baltic Sea during a heatwave
Photograph: Michael Probst/AP

Prague, Czech Republic
A western lowland gorilla at Prague zoo enjoys an iced treat during a heatwave
Photograph: David W Černý/Reuters

Málaga, Spain
Volunteers at the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve walk across the lagoon at dawn to gather flamingo chicks before tagging them with identity rings
Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters

Nairobi, Kenya
Participants in the Mr & Ms Kibera pageant, held to mark International Youth Day, have their makeup done in a classroom serving as the backstage area, in the Kibera informal settlement
Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images

Frankfurt, Germany
A pigeon bathes in a water fountain in the city centre
Photograph: Ronald Wittek/EPA

Guwahati, India
Residents travel on a rickshaw through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains
Photograph: Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images

Hanoi, Vietnam
Women holding rifles and wearing national costumes take part in a parade rehearsal ahead of the country’s 80th National Day next month
Photograph: Nhac Nguyen/AFP/Getty Images

Dharali, India
Rescue teams continue to work in the Himalayas after flash floods swept away a village and left several people dead
Photograph: Rajat Gupta/EPA

Deir al-Balah, Gaza
Children sit by the bodies of relatives who were killed in Israeli attacks on the public market in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, where people were waiting for aid
Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu/Getty Images

Khan Younis, Gaza
An aid truck distributes water to Palestinians amid an acute shortage due to Israeli attacks damaging the city’s wells and storage facilities
Photograph: Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu/Getty Images

Gaza City, Gaza
Soha Tafesh carries the body of her granddaughter Sarah Abu Daf, who was killed in an early morning Israeli strike on a house
Photograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters
