Plymouth (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Plymouth residents stage a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to the victims of Britain's first mass shooting in 11 years, after a 22-year-old gunman described as a 'troubled loner' shot dead five people including his mother and a three-year-old girl before taking his own life.
Unzen (Japan) (AFP) – Rescuers search for the missing in Unzen city, Nagasaki prefecture, after torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan.
Avellino (Italy) (AFP) – Italian firefighters attempt to put out fires in the country's Avellino and Molise regions, fuelled by unrelenting temperatures enveloping southern Europe. The emergency services use helicopters and airplanes to extinguish fires with water.
Drosopigi (Greece) (AFP) – In her family's garden in Drosopigi, where much has been destroyed by the wildfires, Eleni Haniosakis finds it hard to hide her dismay as she looks at the charred hillside tumbling down to the Greek capital some 20 kilometres away.
Drosopigi (Greece) (AFP) – In her family’s garden in Drosopigi, where much has been destroyed by the wildfires, Eleni Haniosakis finds it hard to hide her dismay as she looks at the charred hillside tumbling down to the Greek capital some 20 kilometres away. Eleni and her mother were among hundreds forced to abandon their homes that week, unsure of whether they would see them again, as Greece battled some 600 blazes fuelled by bone-dry conditions during one of the worst heatwaves in decades.
Avellino (Italy) (AFP) – Italian firefighters attempt to put out fires in the country’s Avellino and Molise regions, fuelled by unrelenting temperatures enveloping southern Europe. The emergency services use helicopters and airplanes to extinguish fires with water.
Barcelona (AFP) – FC Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman urges to avoid “living in the past” ahead of the first Liga match of the post-Lionel Messi era on Sunday 15 August against Real Sociedad.
Kahramanmaras (Turkey) (AFP) – Russia says all eight people onboard a Russian water-dropping plane died when it crashed in Turkey during a firefighting mission. Moscow’s defence ministry has said five Russian servicemen and three Turkish nationals were killed in the crash near the southern Turkish city of Adana.
Plymouth (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Plymouth residents stage a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to the victims of Britain’s first mass shooting in 11 years, after a 22-year-old gunman described as a ‘troubled loner’ shot dead five people including his mother and a three-year-old girl before taking his own life.
Fraser Island (Australia) (AFP) – A collar camera fitted to a dingo in Australia captures the dog’s life on Fraser Island, as part of efforts to track and prevent interactions between people and the wild dogs. From posing for snap-happy onlookers to scavenging on the pristine sand of the world heritage site off Queensland’s coast, the collar camera captured the daily life of the dog, also known as wongari, in close up detail for the first time, according to the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
Unzen (Japan) (AFP) – Rescuers search for the missing in Unzen city, Nagasaki prefecture, after torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan.
The US Geological Survey said it's likely that casualties are "high" after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Haiti. CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar explains the risks facing Haiti including a Tsunami threat and damage due to liquefaction.
