Fires, an attack on Kyiv, and a shooting in Thailand: the week in photos
This France 24 roundup shows the aftermath of wildfires in the U.S. and Europe, a school shooting near Bangkok, a Russian missile strike on Kyiv, and sporting events in France.
In Washington State, a wildfire destroyed several homes in a residential neighborhood in Spokane: the photo shows only rows of fireplaces and chimneys remaining. In Serbia, a police helicopter fought a fire in the Deliblatski Sands, about 70 kilometers northwest of Belgrade. Another photo shows boats stranded on dry land due to low water levels in the Danube near the town of Apatin.
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In Kyiv, residents stood near a supermarket warehouse hit by a Russian missile on August 5. Russia is an aggressor state. In a Bangkok suburb, a student reacted alongside a relative after being evacuated from Debsirin Nonthaburi School, where a shooting took place on August 7. France 24 reports that students and teachers were killed in the shooting.
Other footage includes riders in a breakaway during the sixth stage of the women’s Tour de France, a high-diving athlete training ahead of the European Aquatics Championships in Paris, a funeral in Gaza City, and Shia worshippers in Karbala, Iraq, during Arba’een.
