Swimming in France’s Seine river; Wildfires in Portugal and Spain; and more pictures from around the world in this week’s selection.
Aug 14
A woman inside her car appears to ponder her next move during a wildfire in Lamosa,Portugal.
PHOTO: EPA
Aug 16
Firefighters battling a wildfire in As Fermosas, Spain.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Aug 12
People swimming and sunbathing at the Bras Marie site in central Paris in the midst of a blistering heatwave that has gripped south-west France, with thermometers soaring to 43 deg C in parts of Charente and Aude.
PHOTO: AFP
Aug 13
A polar bear resting on ice cubes in its enclosure at Prague Zoo during a heatwave in Prague, Czech Republic.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Aug 17
Unitree Robotics and Tiangong bots competing in the 100m final at the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games, at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, China.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Aug 11
Revellers in a festival called Pirata Abordaia, or Pirate Boarding, use makeshift rafts to travel to La Concha Bay beach in the Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian.
PHOTO: AFP
Aug 17
Community folks playing a traditional pillow boxing game at a makeshift pool in Sepaku, East Kalimantan, to mark Indonesia’s 80th Independence Day.
PHOTO: AFP
Aug 15
A child carrying a homemade toy weapon as protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, demonstrate in support of Palestinians in Gaza, in Sanaa, Yemen.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Aug 11
New recruits taking part in a training exercise in a sunflower field at an undisclosed location in the Zaporizhzhia region in Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
PHOTO: AFP
Aug 13
Vietnamese women in traditional clothes taking part in a parade rehearsal in Hanoi on Aug 13, 2025, in preparation for Vietnam's 80th National Day on Sept 2.
PHOTO: AFP