The week in pictures: European wildfires, a woolly mammoth and a migrant influx at Spain's Ceuta

This photograph shows an area engulfed in flames during a wildfire near the village of Asomatos on the Greek island of Crete on July 30, 2026. © Costas Metaxakis, AFP

Fires burned across much of Europe, an earthquake in Japan killed dozens, record-low water levels in Bulgaria exposed the remains of a woolly mammoth, and tens of thousands sought to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta before eventually returning home: FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images.

Migrants attempting to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta gather on a hilltop during clashes with Moroccan security forces near the town of Fnideq, on the Morocco-Spain border, on July 31, 2026. © Abdel Majid Bziouat, AFP