The week in pictures: Wildfires rage in Europe, youth protests rock India and UK names new PM
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Unprecedented wildfires swept across France and Spain, youth-led protests in India forced the country's education minister to resign and Andy Burnham became the United Kingdom's new prime minister. FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images.
By: FRANCE 24 Beachgoers rest on the beach of Moutchic on the shore of Lake Lacanau in southwestern France on July 24, 2026, as clouds of smoke rise into the sky from the Gironde wildfire. © Maximilien Lamy, AFP Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham holds a pint of beer during a visit to the Hare Inn in Harlow, east of London, on July 23, 2026. © Richard Pohle, AFP Spain's forward Ferran Torres raises the trophy as players celebrate on a stage at Cibeles Square in Madrid on July 20, 2026, one day after winning their second World Cup. © Oscar del Pozo, AFP Indian security forces stop members of India's Congress party as they shout slogans during a protest inside the party headquarters in support of the 'cockroach' party's ongoing movement demanding educational reforms, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on July 24, 2026. © Dar Yasin, AP Smoke from a wildfire is seen near the town of Albendiego, in the Guadalajara province north of Madrid, on July 22, 2026. © Pierre-Philippe Marcou, AFP Children cool off in a public water playground at a park in Edogawa district of Tokyo on July 23, 2026, as temperatures in Japan reach 40C. © Phil Fong, AFP A French Civil Security Canadair CL-415 aircraft flies past flames burning a forest surrounding Cotignac, southeastern France, on July 23, 2026, during a wildfire. © Thibaud Moritz, AFP A truck carrying Nubian giraffes is parked as Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) rangers prepare to move them from Murchison Falls National Park to Ajai Wildlife Reserve in northwestern Uganda, on July 21, 2026. © Hajarah Nalwadda, AP Health workers disinfect an ambulance at the Ebola Treatment Center at Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, Congo. © Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne, AP Spectators stand on bales of hay during the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, starting in Chambéry and ending in Voiron, France. © Mosa'ab Elshamy, AP Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, climbs the Galibier pass ahead of Belgium's Remco Evenepoel, centre, during the 20th stage of the Tour de France cycling race on July 25, 2026. Thibault Camus, AP Read next
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