Carrascal (Portugal) (AFP) – Fires in Portugal continue to ravage the country, from north to south. The Portuguese fire brigade extinguished the fire that raged for two days in the Proença-a-Nova region in the centre of the country.
Re’im (Israel) (AFP) – Mourners attend the funeral of Hen Amir, an Israeli municipal officer killed by a Palestinian gunman in Tel Aviv on 5 July. The attack came amid a surge in violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a day after a 19-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. IMAGES
Nawabshah (Pakistan) (AFP) – Emergency workers arrive at the scene of a train derailment in southern Pakistan which killed at least 19 people and injured dozens more. The wreck, which railway minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has described as “a big accident”, occurred on Sunday in the southern Sindh province. IMAGES
Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine’s trident coat of arms glimmers on the shield of a gigantic statue overlooking Kyivy, after construction workers winched it up to replace a Soviet hammer and sickle.
Kathmandu (AFP) – Record-breaking mountaineering duo Kristin Harila and Tenjin “Lama” Sherpa are greeted with a heroes’ welcome in Nepal after the pair successfully conquered the world’s highest peaks.
Amsterdam (AFP) – People from around the world gather to celebrate Amsterdam Pride on the city’s canals. The parade is the focal point of one of the largest LGBT festivals in the world and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.
Bruges (Belgium) (AFP) – Inhabitants of Belgium’s cobblestone-and-canal city of Bruges are clear: summertime tourism has hit capacity. The western city has a population of 119,000 and each year hosts eight million visitors — most of them concentrated in the summer months, and most of them on day trips.
Pacífica (United States) (AFP) – Surfer canines in wetsuits catch waves as the World Dog Surfing Championships kick off in Pacifica, California.
Bruges (Belgium) (AFP) – Inhabitants of Belgium’s cobblestone-and-canal city of Bruges are clear: summertime tourism has hit capacity. The western city has a population of 119,000 and each year hosts eight million visitors — most of them concentrated in the summer months, and most of them on day trips.
Reutlingen (Germany) (AFP) – Snow-clearing services are unexpectedly called into action in the southern German city of Reutlingen after a shock August hailstorm on Friday. In some areas, the streets were blanketed with 30 centimetres of hail, as seen in a series of videos captured by local residents.
