The week in pictures: Summer wildfires, a Thai school shooting and the Tour de France Femmes
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The week in pictures: Summer wildfires, a Thai school shooting and the Tour de France Femmes

By Redaccion Cuba Americana
agosto 10, 2026 4 Min Read
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This summer’s record wildfire season continued its devastation in the US state of Washington and parts of Europe, Thailand mourned after a school shooting left students and teachers dead, and cycling enthusiasts turned their attention to the women’s Tour de France: here’s a look at the week’s most striking images. 

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Un hélicoptère de la police serbe lutte contre un incendie à Deliblatska Pescara, à 70 kilomètres au nord-ouest de Belgrade, en Serbie.
A Serbian police helicopter battles a fire in Deliblatska Pescara (Deliblato Sands), 70 kilometres northwest of Belgrade, Serbia, on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. © Serbian Ministry of Interior
Une plongeuse de haut vol (20 mètres) à l'entrainement lors des Championnats d'Europe de natation, depuis le Pont de Bir-Hakeim, à Paris, en France, le 5 août 2026
A high diver is shown in action during training for the European Swimming Championships at the Bir-Hakeim bridge, Paris, August 5, 2026. © Gonzalo Fuentes, Reuters

Des habitants se tiennent sur le site d'un entrepôt de supermarché touché par une frappe de missile russe, à Kiev, en Ukraine.
Residents stand at the site of a supermarket warehouse hit by a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine on August 5, 2026. © Gleb Garanich, Reuters

This photo shows boats in a marina left stranded on dry ground by the low water level of the Danube River near Apatin, Serbia, on August 4, 2026.
Boats in a marina were left stranded on dry ground by low water levels in the Danube River near Apatin, Serbia, on August 4, 2026. © Nenad Mihajlovic, AFP

A migrant who crossed from Morocco into Spain holds a sign reading "asylum" in Spanish as he lines up for food distribution on a beach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday, August 3, 2026
A migrant who crossed from Morocco into Spain holds a sign reading «asylum» in Spanish as he lines up for food distribution on a beach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday, August 3, 2026. AP Photo/Bernat Armangue – Bernat Armangue

La Norvégienne Katrine Aalerud (à l'avant), la Néerlandaise Loes Adegeest (au centre), et la Tchèque Nikola Noskova (à gauche) dans une échappée lors de la 6e étape du Tour de France Femmes.
Uno-X Mobility’s Norwegian rider Katrine Aalerud (front), Lidl-Trek’s Dutch rider Loes Adegeest (C) and Cofidis Women Team’s Czech rider Nikola Noskova (L) ride in a breakaway during the sixth (of nine) stage of the fifth edition of the Women’s Tour de France cycling race, 153.4 km from Montbrison to Tournon-sur-Rhone in central-eastern France, August 6, 2026. © Nicolas Tucat, AFP

Des personnes sous le choc après avoir été évacuée de l'école Debsirin Nonthaburi où une fusillade est survenue dans le district de Bang Kruai, en périphérie de Bangkok, en Thaïlande.
A student reacts with a relative after being evacuated from Debsirin Nonthaburi School following a shooting incident there, outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, August 7, 2026. © Chalinee Thirasupa, Reuters

Des personnes en deuil se rassemblent autour des dépouilles, recouvertes du drapeau national, des membres des familles Hassayna et Abu Sharia, tués lors d'une frappe israélienne en 2023.
Mourners gather around the flag-draped bodies of members of the Hassayna and Abu Sharia families, whose bodies were finally recovered from rubble after being killed in an Israeli strike in 2023, during their funeral in Gaza City on August 4, 2026. © Jehad Alshrafi, AP

Les cheminées sont les seules structures encore debout dans un quartier résidentiel après le passage d'un incendie de forêt qui a ravagé la partie nord de Spokane, aux États-Unis.
Rows of fireplaces and chimneys are all that remain of several homes in a residential neighbourhood in Spokane, Washington, after being burned by wildfire, Monday, August 3, 2026. © Lindsey Wasson, AP

Des fidèles chiites, portant un portrait de l'ayatollah Ali Khamenei et de l'ayatollah Khomeini, se rassemblent lors de l'Arbaeen, à Karbala, en Irak.
Shiite worshippers carrying portraits of late Iranian supreme leaders Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini gather between the holy shrines of Imam Abbas and Imam Hussein during Arbaeen, marking the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashoura, Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, August 4, 2026. © Hadi Mizban, AP

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