Photos: France, Spain battle ‘monster’ wildfires as more heat looms
France and Spain are battling vast wildfires that have forced more than 325,000 people to flee, as a new heatwave looms.
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The Guadalupe River floods a crossing in Hunt, Texas, on July 17 [Gerald Herbert/AP Photo]
Dangerous floodwaters course through Kerrville, Texas on Thursday. [Stephen Fortney, Instagram/Reuters]
Members of the Boerne Fire Department prepare to perform a water rescue on Wednesday. [Darren Abate/AP Photo]
A flood-damaged car hangs from a fence on Wednesday in Boerne, Texas. [Darren Abate/AP Photo]
Floodwaters block G Street along the Guadalupe River on Thursday in Kerrville, Texas. [Joel Angel Juarez/AP Photo]
Floodwaters fill the streets of a residential neighborhood in Uvalde, Texas on Thursday. [David Fry, Medina Real Estate Photography/AP Photo]
A Sisterdale Volunteer Fire Department truck moves through high water near the Guadalupe River on Thursday. [Dustin Safranek/EPA]
A flood warning sign is nearly submerged on State Highway 16 in Fredericksburg, Texas, on Thursday. [Joel Angel Juarez/AP Photo]
Floodwaters submerge a horse ranch near the Guadalupe River in Sisterdale, Texas, on Thursday. [Dustin Safranek/EPA]
A shipping container floats on the Guadalupe River as water levels rise to the top of a bridge near Boerne, Texas, on Thursday. [Dustin Safranek/EPA]
Water along the Pedernales River floods a safety rest area on Thursday in Stonewall, Texas. [Joel Angel Juarez/AP Photo]
Crews inspect a section of washed out road along the Guadalupe River in Ingram, Texas, on Thursday. [Dustin Safranek/EPA]
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Lionel Messi celebrates with his teammates after Argentina's semifinal victory over England [Alex Livesey/Danehouse/Getty Images]
Argentina's Lautaro Martinez scores their second goal during the World Cup semifinal match between England and Argentina in Atlanta. [Erik S. Lesser/AP Photo]
Lionel Messi inspired World Cup holders Argentina to a stunning comeback to beat England 2-1. [Brett Davis/IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters]
Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham at the end of the match. [Jeff Roberson/AP Photo]
England supporters watch the match between England and Argentina, at Boxpark Wembley in London. [Brook Mitchell/AFP]
Fans celebrates in front of a mural of Lionel Messi after Argentina defeated England, in Buenos Aires. [Gustavo Garello/AP Photo]
Fans celebrate Argentina's win at a watch party in Kansas City. [Charlie Riedel/AP Photo]
Fans celebrate Argentina's victory over England, in Buenos Aires. [Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo]
Messi and his teammates celebrate after their win. [Jacob Kupferman/AP Photo]
Argentina players celebrate in front of their supporters. [Erik S. Lesser/AP Photo]
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Spain's Pedro Porro and Marc Cucurella celebrate after the match [Maria Lysaker/Imagn Images via Reuters]
France's Kylian Mbappe reacts after losing the 2026 World Cup football tournament semifinal match between France and Spain [Franck Fife/AFP]
France’s bright, attacking campaign came to a flat end with a painful 2-0 defeat. [Franck Fife/AFP]
Spain coach Luis De La Fuente celebrates after the match as they advance to the World Cup final. [Hannah Mckay/Reuters]
Spain's Mikel Oyarzabal and Dani Olmo celebrate after the match. [Albert Gea/Reuters]
Spanish football fans celebrate at Plaza de Colon in Madrid after Spain defeated France and secured a place in the final. [Diego Radames/Anadolu]
Spain dedicated the semifinal win to their supporters. [Diego Radames/Anadolu]
Spain fans celebrate at the fan zone in the Plaza de Colon in Madrid. [Susana Vera/Reuters]
Spectators hold a Palestinian flag as Spanish players celebrate after the match. [Eric Gay/AP Photo]
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A patch of burned forest as firefighters work to extinguish the Fontainebleau forest fire in Noisy-sur-Ecole. [Gauthier Bedrignans/EPA]
A fire engine sprays fire retardant to douse the Fontainebleau forest fire near Noisy-sur-Ecole in the Ile-de-France region of France. [Thomas Samson/AFP]
The blaze broke out on Sunday in the sprawling Fontainebleau forest. [Stephane Mahe/Reuters]
The wildfire spread rapidly across the UNESCO biosphere reserve, disrupting rail and road traffic during a busy long holiday weekend. [Emma Da Silva/AP Photo]
Firefighting helicopters collect water from a temporary reservoir established by firefighters and local farmers, in Fontainebleau. [Pierre Crom/Getty Images]
The scale of the fire prompted the deployment of four Canadair aircraft along with two Dash planes and three water-bombing helicopters. [Stephane Mahe/Reuters]
A Canadair aircraft drops water on the wildfire in the Fontainebleau forest region. [Emma Da Silva/AP Photo]
By nightfall on Monday, about 600 firefighters remained mobilised and were taking turns to fight the flames on the ground. [Stephane Mahe/Reuters]
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![Former emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani [Handout/The Amiri Diwan]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/01-2-1783842179.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani [Handout/Amiri Diwan]
Sheikh Hamad addresses the first meeting of his cabinet in Doha, Qatar, on October 30, 1996. [Reuters]
Sheikh Hamad meets with US President George W Bush at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2003, seven weeks after the Iraq War began. [Stephen J Boitano/LightRocket via Getty Images]
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono drives Sheikh Hamad and his wife Sheikha Moza bint Nasser during a visit to Jakarta on May 19, 2009. [Adek Berry/AFP]
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Sheikh Hamad meets Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a meeting on January 20, 2010, at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia. [Handout via AFP]
Sheikh Hamad, accompanied by Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, just right of the emir, tours reconstruction efforts partially funded by Qatar on July 31, 2010, in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, which witnessed some of the fiercest fighting in the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. [Mahmud Zayat/AFP]
Sheikh Hamad and Queen Elizabeth II make their way to Windsor Castle on October 26, 2010, in Windsor, England. [Dan Kitwood/WPA Pool via Getty Images]
Sheikh Hamad addresses the Millennium Development Goals Summit at UN headquarters in New York on September 20, 2010, to support the UN's drive to reduce poverty, hunger and disease and improve education and equality. [Emmanuel Dunand/AFP]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, centre, escorts Sheikh Hamad and Sheikha Moza during a visit to Berlin on September 29, 2010. [Johannes Eisele/AFP]
Sheikh Hamad raises the World Cup trophy with Sheikha Moza after the announcement on December 2, 2010, at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, that Qatar would host the 2022 World Cup. [Philippe Desmazes/AFP]
Sheikh Hamad and Sheikha Moza wave from a balcony of the Campidoglio, Rome's city hall, with Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno and his wife, Isabella Rauti, during a visit on April 17, 2012. [Alberto Pizzoli/AFP]
Sheikh Hamad meets French President Francois Hollande to discuss the situation in Syria during the second year of what would be a 14-year war on August 22, 2012, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. [John van Hasselt/Corbis via Getty Images]
Sheikh Hamad meets UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the UN General Assembly on September 25, 2012, at UN headquarters in New York. [Stan Honda/AFP]
Sheikh Hamad greets Palestinians as he arrives for a cornerstone-laying ceremony of a Qatari-funded rehabilitation centre on October 23, 2012, in Gaza City, Gaza. [Hatem Moussa-Pool/Getty Images]
Sheikh Hamad meets US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2013. [Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP]
Sheikh Hamad walks with a security team as he arrives to attend National Day celebrations in Doha, Qatar, on December 18, 2012. [Fadi Al-Assaad/Reuters]
Sheikh Hamad ruled Qatar for 18 years, overseeing tremendous economic growth and Qatar's increasing international importance. [Handout/Amiri Diwan]
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Mourners hold images of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the day of his burial ceremony in Mashhad. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
Mourners attend the burial ceremony for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Mashhad. [ Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
Mourners pray as they gather on the day of Ali Khamenei's burial. [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
Thousands of people filled the streets of Iran's eastern city of Mashhad on Thursday. [AFP]
Mashhad Governor Hassan Hosseini was quoted on state television as saying he "expects 15 million people" to attend Khamenei's funeral. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
According to the official IRNA news agency, Khamenei is to be buried Thursday evening in the Shrine of Imam Reza, Iran's most revered place of worship. [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
An Israeli strike killed Khamenei on February 28, the first day of the US-Israel war on Iran. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
The burial will be the final act in a marathon six days of funeral ceremonies that have allowed people to pay tribute in Iran and Iraq. [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
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A funeral is held for Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing on a civilian vehicle in the Sabra neighborhood of the southern Gaza Strip [Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu]
A woman reacts during the funeral of a victim who was killed in an Israeli attack on a tent in Khan Younis. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Mourners grieve by the body of a victim who was killed in an Israeli attack on a tent in Khan Younis. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
An Israeli air attack hit a tent for displaced people in the Mawasi area in Khan Younis, killing at least four people. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Palestinians pray over the bodies of people who were killed by Israeli attacks during their funeral at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]
A girl who was injured by an Israeli attack is carried by a man to the trauma ward at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
An injured girl is carried to the trauma ward at Nasser Medical Complex. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
A man injured in an Israeli attack on a tent in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis arrives at Nasser Hospital. [Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu]
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Mourners gather in Tehran's Revolution Square for the funeral procession of slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
The coffins of Khamenei and his family members are driven through Tehran. [IRIB via Reuters]
The procession in Tehran will be followed by similar events in the clerical hub of Qom on July 7, 2026, and in Iraq’s holy cities of Najaf and Karbala on July 8, 2026, culminating in Khamenei’s burial in his hometown of Mashhad the next day. [Murad Sezer/Reuters]
People gather at Ferdowsi Square in Tehran for the funeral procession. [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]
A member of the security forces stands guard as people gather for the procession. [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]
Men take a selfie as they wait for the procession to begin. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
A woman holds a portrait of Khamenei as people gather for the procession. [Wakil Kohsar/AFP]
Mourners hold portraits of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, Ali Khamenei's son, as they gather in Tehran's Revolution Square. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
The truck carrying Ali Khamenei's coffin makes its way through the crowds during the procession in Tehran. [Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]
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Argentina's Ara Libertad ship sails by the Statue of Liberty in New York City as part of Sail250's Parade of Sail, part of the US's Independence Day festivities [Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo]
Macy's Fourth of July fireworks explode over New York City on July 4. [Carlos Barria/Reuters]
Cuban singer-songwriter Willy Chirino performs at the FIFA Fan Fest on Independence Day in Miami, Florida. [Marco Bello/Reuters]
Officials in Washington, DC, called on attendees at the Great American State Fair to seek shelter ahead of an evening thunderstorm on July 4. [Cheney Orr/Reuters]
A football fan dressed as a US Revolutionary War hero waves a sign that reads 'Happy birthday USA' before the July 4 World Cup match between Canada and Morocco in Houston, Texas. [Karen Warren/AP Photo]
Twice-deployed Marine Sergeant Diakaria Sangare, one of the many immigrants serving in the US armed forces, poses for a portrait following his naturalisation ceremony in Alexandria, Virginia, on July 4. [Rod Lamkey Jr/AP Photo]
A giant American flag is spread across the baseball field in Washington, DC, before the July 4 game between the Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates. [Nick Wass/AP Photo]
Joey Chestnut and other competitive eaters race to swallow as many hot dogs as they can during the 2026 Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4 in New York City. [Anna Connors/AP Photo]
Joey Chestnut gestures as he participates in the 2026 Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island, New York City, on July 4. [Jordan Tovin/Reuters]
A man wears a US-flag-themed suit to the Texas World Cup match on July 4 between Morocco and Canada. [AFP]
A US Navy Band performs before the World Cup match between Canada and Morocco in Houston, Texas, in honour of US Independence Day. [AFP]
Members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front exit a metro station in New Carrollton, Maryland, as the group reportedly holds neighbourhood marches around the US capital on July 4. [Reuters]
Military planes fly over New York City, spraying jets of red, white and blue, during the Sail250 Parade of Sail event on July 4. [Kena Betancur/EPA]
A sightseer in nautical clothing records the Sail250 Parade of Sails from the shores of New York City on July 4. [Angelina Katsanis/Reuters]
Military members wave flags in a march through New York City to mark the 250th anniversary of the US Independence Day. [Angelina Katsanis/Reuters]
The Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Marching Saints twirl flags as they prepare to march in the Independence Day Parade in Washington, DC, an event that was ultimately cancelled due to excessive heat. [Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters]
A large US flag waves over the 'O Say Can You See!' event in Louisville, Kentucky, on July 4. [Jon Cherry/AP Photo]
Protesters carry a reproduction of the Declaration of Independence as they participate in a 'We The People 250' through Washington, DC, on July 4. [Joe Raedle/Getty IMages via AFP]
Demonstrators at the 'We the People 250' march showcased a version of the Declaration of Independence that was roughly 700 feet long, or 233 metres, to denounce the erosion of civil rights. [Joe Raedle/Getty Images via AFP]
The sun rises on July 4 over the Freedom 250 Ferris wheel at The Great American State Fair in Washington, DC. [Finn Gomez/Getty Images via AFP]
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A mourner holds a portrait of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the opening of days-long funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family, at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
Millions of Iranians are expected in Tehran as the body of Ali Khamenei arrives in the capital for a multi-day funeral. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
From dawn, black-clad crowds stream into main boulevards and the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque, clutching flags, Qurans and portraits of the 86-year-old leader. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
Coffins of Iran’s late supreme leader and his family members, draped in Iranian flags, are placed on stage as people gather for a public farewell ceremony to pay their respects. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
Khamenei was killed in a US-Israeli attack at the outset of the war on Iran in February, and officials say more than 10 million mourners could attend ceremonies nationwide. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
Authorities have opened thousands of schools and classrooms as makeshift rest areas for pilgrims travelling overnight from distant provinces to pay their final respects. [Murad Sezer/Reuters]
Mourners carry the coffin of Zahra Haddad Adel, wife of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, during her funeral in Tehran. Zahra, the daughter of former parliament speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, was killed on February 28 in US-Israeli attacks that also killed ex-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. [Fars news agency via AFP]
Security forces fan out across major squares and junctions, setting up checkpoints and guiding the tightly packed crowds in an attempt to keep the vast procession orderly. [Atta Kenare/AFP]
Banners invoking martyrdom and resistance hang from overpasses and lampposts, tying Khamenei’s death to Shia narratives of sacrifice during the first 10 days of Muharram. [Murad Sezer /Reuters]
Men, women and children carry Iranian flags and portraits of Khamenei, chanting slogans as loudspeakers broadcast Quran recitations and elegies. [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
For many in the mourning crowds, Khamenei’s death marks the end of an era, even as his successor and son, Mojtaba Khamenei, pledges to maintain Iran’s confrontational regional posture. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]
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