Home Europe A solar eclipse seen in several parts of Europe, search and rescue efforts underway in Colombia after a devastating earthquake that killed at least 300 people and left hundreds missing, and the escalation of 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 most shocking images of the week. Issued on: 08/16/2026 – 14:02 2 min Reading time The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse in Palencia, Spain, on August 12, 2026. © Emilio Morenatti, AP Seen in long exposure, the Bug Fire burns near Doyle in unincorporated Lassen County, California, on August 13, 2026. © Noah Berger, AP The candidate Count Binface poses for the media during the Clacton by-election recount at the Leisure Center in Clacton on Sea, England, August 14, 2026. © Richard Pelham, AP A worker uses makeshift floats as he tries to clear a sea of garbage and debris brought by heavy monsoon rains in the Redemptorist Water Canal in Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, August 11, 2026. © Aaron Favila, AP Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble after an earthquake hit Cali, Colombia, on August 10, 2026. © Santiago Saldarriaga, AP French swimmer León Marchand competes in the men’s 4×200 m freestyle relay swimming final during the LEN European Aquatics Championships at the Olympic Aquatic Center in Saint-Denis, August 10, 2026. © Sébastien Bozon, AFP A fly feeds on nectar from flowers in a forest on a sunny day outside Tallinn, Estonia, on August 8, 2026. © Sergei Grits, AP Veterinary officers from Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) tend to a male elephant lying on the ground after becoming ill at Kitenden B Community Conservancy in Amboseli, Kajiado county, on August 12, 2026. © Simon Maina, AFP A shooting star 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, on August 10, 2026. © Michael Probst, AP 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, while ships are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off the port city of Bandar Abbas, in southern Iran, on August 10, 2026. © Atta Kenare, AFP 1 Indonesia hit by second powerful earthquake in a day and death toll rises to 47 2 Israeli minister asks police to replace military in handling West Bank settlers As happened in the Middle East 3 Israeli settlers seize Palestinian water source in occupied West Bank to create recreational pool 4 Trump says record deployment of Navy in operations in Iran “is not enough long” 5 France’s top court blocks Macron’s ban on social media for under-15s 6 France evacuates hundreds as new wildfire threatens southwestern Landes region Keywords for this article