Scorched ground after a wildfire in the Camino de Navahonda area of Spain, and the melting Rhone glacier in Switzerland, highlight Monday's photos from around the world.
Wildfires and Heat
In Spain, a wildfire left scorched ground and the charred remains of a young deer in the Burguillo reservoir area about 60 miles west of Madrid. Spanish authorities said they planned to allow some evacuated people to return on Monday, signaling progress in fighting some of the country's worst forest fires. In Nules, people forced to evacuate rested at a local pavilion.
In Switzerland, the Rhone glacier has lost more than four metres of ice in a single month, according to Matthias Huss, head of the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network, after extreme heat in June and July. In France, a plane dropped fire retardant as efforts to battle wildfires continued in Marcheprime.
Protests and Demonstrations
In Tirana, Albania, a woman attended a demonstration against the government after weeks of protests over a planned luxury resort backed by a company linked to Jared Kushner on an environmentally sensitive part of the Adriatic coast. In the Philippines, anti-riot police blocked protesters during a rally along a road to the Philippine congress on the day of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's state of the nation address. In Kolkata, India, media personnel blocked a road in protest against assaults on journalists during a Cockroach protest.
Sports and Other Events
In Glasgow, Scotland, competitors started in a heat of the men's 100m at the Scotstoun Stadium on day four of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, and Adam Tobin of Team England competed in the men's pommel horse final. In North Korea, people danced during an event marking the anniversary of the Korean war armistice at the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang. In London, people walked through dry, sun-scorched grass on Primrose Hill, with temperatures forecast to rise back into the 30s after three heatwaves.
In Iran, vessels were seen in the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas after a fourth night of calm. In Gaza, people at the scene of an Israeli strike on a storage facility. In Pakistan, residential buildings were partially submerged after heavy monsoon rains raised the water level of the River Ravi. In Michigan, US, community members gathered for a vigil for eight members of a family found dead after a fire. In Ahmedabad, India, people stood near the rubble of a collapsed building after torrential rain. At the Port of Tilbury in Essex, UK, new cars were held in a storage area. In Qingdao, China, engineering machinery organized imported iron ore at the ore terminal.
