Photos this week: July 23-30, 2026 | CNN

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Clouds of smoke from the Gironde wildfire are seen from a beach in Lacanau, France, on Friday, July 24. Maximilien Lamy/AFP/Getty Images

US President Donald Trump throws a "Trump 2028" cap at the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, DC, on Friday, July 24. Trump spoke for just over an hour at the event, which had been rescheduled following a shooting at the dinner in April. He began his remarks by marking the heroism of law enforcement that day. Then he began telling jokes, taking swipes at journalists and some of his political and cultural foes. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Migrants try to cross from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Thursday, July 30. Spain and Morocco reinforced the border fence of the enclave Friday and appeared to have largely halted mass crossings after tens of thousands of people arrived by sea and land in a day. Antonio Sempere/AP

The casket of longtime US Sen. Lindsey Graham sits in the US Capitol Rotunda as part of his funeral services on Tuesday, July 28. Graham died July 11 at the age of 71. Kenny Holston/Getty Images

A woman reacts after an apartment building was hit by a Russian missile strike in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday, July 30. Roman Baluk/Reuters

Workers conduct a search-and-rescue operation at the Aeon Mall, which partially collapsed following an earthquake in Kumamoto, Japan, on Tuesday, July 28. Kyodo/REUTERS

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the retired government scientist who guided the United States’ Covid-19 pandemic response, attends a congressional hearing in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, July 29. Fauci invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination more than 100 times throughout the often-contentious hearing. The committee chairman, Sen. Rand Paul, vowed to force a vote holding Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to testify, extending a yearslong investigation aimed at validating his and other Republicans’ belief that Fauci orchestrated a cover-up of the origins of the coronavirus. Fauci offered a brief yet blistering opening statement before invoking his Fifth Amendment rights, arguing that Paul’s “obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution” justified his refusal to speak. Nathan Howard/Reuters

Flowers, candles and a rainbow flag are seen at a makeshift memorial at the Tiergarten park in Berlin on Tuesday, July 28. Several days earlier, at least one person was killed and 29 others were injured after an attacker drove a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride celebrations and then stabbed several people with a machete. The suspect was fatally shot by police following a manhunt. John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

The Arizona Diamondbacks’ Ryan Waldschmidt makes a catch against the outfield wall during a Major League Baseball game in Pittsburgh on Monday, July 27. Joe Sargent/Getty Images

From left, NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are seen inside the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft after they landed safely in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, July 26. The crew was returning after an eight-month stint on the International Space Station. Bill Ingalls/NASA

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Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar, wearing the yellow jersey, rides in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on his way to winning a fifth Tour de France title on Sunday, July 26. He joins Eddy Merckx, Miguel Indurain, Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault as the only riders to win five Tours. Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP

A model in New Delhi wears a creation by designer Dolly J during India Couture Week on Tuesday, July 28. Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

Smoke rises following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City on Tuesday, July 28. Although a US-brokered ceasefire was reached in October, Israel has carried out regular strikes in Gaza that it says are targeting Hamas or what Israeli officials describe as imminent threats to its forces. Jehad Alshrafi/AP

People pose with their nude bodies painted as part of Spencer Tunick’s collective art action “Grand Spectrum” in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, on Sunday, July 26. David Delfour/AFP/Getty Images

Police officers work at the scene of a shootout that killed two bystanders and one gunman at a crowded Seattle food festival on Sunday, July 26. Authorities say they believe the violence was gang-related. David Ryder/Getty Images

Colt Gray, the Georgia teen who fatally shot two teachers and two students and wounded nine others at Apalachee High School in September 2024, is placed in handcuffs after he was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, July 28. Wes Bruer/CNN

Firefighters burn off vegetation while trying to stop a wildfire known as the Bench Fire from spreading in Warm Springs, Oregon, on Saturday, July 25. Noah Berger/AP

People cool off at a water park in Nanjing, China, on Tuesday, July 28. CN-STR/AFP/Getty Images

Canadian gymnast Ellie Black performs on the uneven bars during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday, July 26. She won gold in the all-around event. Matthew Childs/Reuters

Damage is seen to a home in Appleton, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, July 28. A tornado carved a path of destruction through parts of Appleton and Menasha on Monday, damaging homes, uprooting trees and knocking out power to thousands. Wm. Glasheen/USA Today Network/Imagn Images

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This aerial photo, taken on Saturday, July 25, shows a parched cricket field in Bray, England. A large stretch of central, eastern and southern England are enduring a “flash drought” brought on by a mix of high temperatures and low rainfall, the Environment Agency announced Wednesday. Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

People in Houston hold signs Friday, July 24, during a rally to protest the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Salgado Araujo, an immigrant from Mexico, was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a traffic stop. Mark Felix/AFP/Getty Images

Patrick Clancy reacts on the stand Monday, July 27, as images of himself and his children are shown during his ex-wife’s murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Lindsay Clancy has been charged with three counts of murder and strangulation in the deaths of her three children. She has pleaded not guilty, with her attorney arguing that she should not be held criminally responsible for the killings because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and extreme mental illness. Greg Derr/Pool/The Patriot Ledger

Protesters in Mumbai, India, shout slogans on Friday, July 24, during a demonstration demanding educational reforms in the country. A day later, India’s education minister said he had resigned, handing a major victory to young protesters who have been demanding change to a national exam system that they say cheats millions of them out of a fair chance. Rafiq Maqbool/AP

A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Tianlian II-06 satellite blasts off from Xichang, China, on Thursday, July 23. Zhou Quan/VCG/Getty Images

Peru's new president, Keiko Fujimori, walks toward the Government Palace in Lima following her inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, July 28. Fujimori, the eldest daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, won a runoff vote in what was her fourth bid for the presidency. Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images

Houses are submerged in the village of Noorpur following monsoon rains in Muridke, Pakistan, on Tuesday, July 28. Murtaza Ali/Reuters

A tourist takes pictures of an ice column in a cave of the melting Rhône Glacier in the Swiss Alps on Friday, July 24. The glacier's retreat has raised concerns that 2026 could rival the record-breaking ice loss recorded in 2022. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

A Pallas’s cat named Azu is seen inside her enclosure at the Kobe Animal Kingdom in Kobe, Japan, on Monday, July 27. She gave birth to five kittens in May. Paul Miller/AFP/Getty Images

A firefighter comforts a local resident in the Tiétar Valley area of Spain’s Ávila province on Sunday, July 26. Wildfires have been raging across central Spain, forcing many residents from their homes. Xinhua/Shutterstock

People are seen on a beach on the outskirts of Odesa, Ukraine, as smoke from a nearby Russian missile strike billows during an air-raid alert on Wednesday, July 29. Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images

Dancers dressed as singer Kate Bush perform in Folkestone, England, on Sunday, July 26, during The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever — an annual event held around the world to recreate Bush’s music video for her 1978 song “Wuthering Heights.” Sarah Tilotta/Getty Images

A stag walks in London’s Richmond Park on Monday, July 27. See last week in 33 photos. Toby Melville/Reuters