The week in pictures: European wildfires, a woolly mammoth and a migrant influx at Spain's Ceuta

Home Europe Fires burned across much of Europe, an earthquake in Japan killed dozens, record-low water levels in Bulgaria exposed the remains of a woolly mammoth, and tens of thousands sought to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta before eventually returning home: FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images. Issued on: 02/08/2026 - 12:16 2 min Reading time This photograph shows an area engulfed in flames during a wildfire near the village of Asomatos on the Greek island of Crete on July 30, 2026. © Costas Metaxakis, AFP Migrants attempting to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta gather on a hilltop during clashes with Moroccan security forces near the town of Fnideq, on the Morocco-Spain border, on July 31, 2026. © Abdel Majid Bziouat, AFP Smoke rises over the city center of Kyiv after a Russian missile attack on August 1, 2026. © Dan Bashakov, AP Former French international football player Zinedine Zidane during a press conference presenting him as the new head coach of France's national football team on July 28, 2026. © Lou Benoist, AFP This aerial view, taken from a Civil Security helicopter, shows firefighters beside a fire truck working to ...