The week in pictures: a French woman in space, wildfires in Europe and the war in Ukraine

Home Science Russian drones carry out deadly strikes in Ukraine, astronaut Sophie Adenot becomes the first French woman to spacewalk, fires rage in Belgium and across Europe, and torrential rain hits the Philippines: FRANCE 24 takes a look at the week's most striking images. Issued on: 23/08/2026 - 15:09Modified: 23/08/2026 - 15:10 2 min Reading time French astronaut Sophie Adenot returns back inside the International Space Station (ISS) after her spacewalk, August 18, 2026. © AFP / NASA / HANDOUT In Ceuta, migrants are being escorted by the authorities from a makeshift camp on the beach to official shelters, following the wave of migration in late July, in the Spanish enclave north of Morocco, on 20 August 2026. © Violeta Santos Moura, Reuters A firefighter stands amongst charred tree stumps in a forest area affected by a fire in Waimes, Belgium, on August 17, 2026. © Yves Herman, Reuters A man rides a scooter beneath a smoke-filled sky as a wildfire burns in Deliblatska Pescara, some 70 kilometres northeast of Belgrade, Serbia, on August 20, 2026. Uros Arsic, AFP Sophie Adenot, on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS), became the first French woman astronaut to carry...