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A solar eclipse seen across parts of Europe, ongoing search-and-rescue efforts in Colombia after a devastating earthquake killed at least 300 people and left hundreds missing, and escalating violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, condemned by the US ambassador to Israel as “acts of terror”: FRANCE 24 takes a look at the week’s most striking images.

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The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse in Palencia, Spain on August 12, 2026. © Emilio Morenatti, AP
Seen in a long exposure, the Bug Fire burns near Doyle in unincorporated Lassen County, Calif.
Seen in a long exposure, the Bug Fire burns near Doyle in unincorporated Lassen County, California on August 13, 2026. © Noah Berger, AP

Candidate Count Binface poses for the media during the Clacton by-election count at the Leisure Centre in Clacton on Sea, England.
Candidate Count Binface poses for the media during the Clacton by-election count at the Leisure Centre in Clacton on Sea, England on August 14, 2026. © Richard Pelham, AP

A worker uses improvised floats while trying to clear a sea of garbage and debris brought by intense monsoon rains at the Redemptorist Water Channel in Paranaque city, Metro Manila, Philippines.
A worker uses improvised floats while trying to clear a sea of garbage and debris brought by intense monsoon rains at the Redemptorist Water Channel in Paranaque city, Metro Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. © Aaron Favila, AP

Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia.
Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia on August 10, 2026. © Santiago Saldarriaga, AP

France's swimmer Leon Marchand competes in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay swimming final during the LEN European Aquatics Championships at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Saint-Denis.
France’s swimmer Leon Marchand competes in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay swimming final during the LEN European Aquatics Championships at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Saint-Denis, on August 10, 2026. © Sébastien Bozon, AFP

A fly feeds on flower nectar in a forest on a sunny day in outskirts of Tallinn, Estonia.
A fly feeds on flower nectar in a forest on a sunny day in outskirts of Tallinn, Estonia on August 8, 2026. © Sergei Grits, AP

On the ground, raising a cloud of dust, the elephant exhausts itself trying again and again to get back on its feet, in a futile effort that only causes it to spin endlessly in circles.
Veterinary officers from the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) attend to a male elephant lying on the ground after falling ill at Kitenden B Community Conservancy in Amboseli, Kajiado County, on August 12, 2026. © Simon Maina, AFP

A shooting star is pictured in Grossmugl, Austria
A shooting star is pictured in Grossmugl, Austria, on August 13, 2026. © Max Slovencik, AFP

The Zollburg Pfalzgrafenstein toll castle is seen in the middle of the Rhine river with low water levels, in Kaub, Germany
The Zollburg Pfalzgrafenstein toll castle is seen in the middle of the Rhine river with low water levels, in Kaub, Germany on August 10, 2026. © Michael Probst, AP

A Palestinian boy inspects the rubble of nearly two dozen shops that were demolished by Israeli bulldozers, citing the lack of a building permit
A Palestinian boy inspects the rubble of nearly two dozen shops that were demolished by Israeli bulldozers, along the main road east of the Palestinian city of Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on August 12, 2026. © Zain Jaafar, AFP

An Iranian enjoys a swing erected along the seashore, as vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off the port city of Bandar Abbas, in southern Iran
An Iranian enjoys a swing erected along the seashore, as vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off the port city of Bandar Abbas, in southern Iran on August 10, 2026. © Atta Kenare, AFP

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