Pictures of the week: fires in Europe, more airstrikes in Ukraine, new bridge opens in Croatia

This week Greece battled wildfires that pressured tons of to evacuate their properties on the island of Lesbos. 

Ukraine's seaside areas of Odesa and Mykolaiv in addition to the outskirts of the japanese cities of Donbas have been hit by Russia’s airstrikes. 

The winner of the Tour de France Jonas Vingegaard was welcomed as a hero in Copenhagen.

Croatia has opened the EU-funded Peljesac Bridge - bypassing Bosnia and Herzegovina to ease Dubrovnik site visitors.

That is how these and different tales this week have been captured by photojournalists round Europe. 

A person stands in a glacier cave on the Sardona glacier in Vaettis, Switzerland. July 27, 2022Gian Ehrenzeller/ Keystone by way of AP

A Ukrainien man drives previous a burning home hit by a shell within the outskirts of Bakhmut, japanese Ukraine, on July 27, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of UkraineBulent Kilic/AFP

A wheat subject burns after Russian shelling a number of kilometers from the Ukrainian-Russian border within the Kharkiv area, Ukraine. July 29, 2022Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Picture

A Soviet plane Tu-142MK, flies above a statue of Vladimir Lenin throughout a rehearsal of the Naval parade in St.Petersburg, RussiaDmitri Lovetsky/AP Picture

A teen dives into water to chill off on the sea throughout a summer season day, in San Sebastian, northern Spain. July 29, 2022Alvaro Barrientos/AP Picture

A firefighter plane drops water over a forest fireplace as smoke rises close to Vrisa village, on the japanese Aegean island of Lesbos. July 24, 2022Panagiotis Balaskas/AP Picture

Spectators watch from balconies the T20 Cricket match between England and South Africa in Bristol, England. July 27, 2022David Cliff/AP Picture

A hand form sculpture is mirrored within the water on the Byzantine-era Basilica Cistern in Istanbul, Turkey. July 27, 2022Emrah Gurel/AP Picture

Fireworks illuminate skies over the newly constructed Peljesac Bridge in Komarna, southern Croatia, July 26, 2022AP Picture

This week Greece battled wildfires that pressured tons of to evacuate their properties on the island of Lesbos. 

Ukraine's seaside areas of Odesa and Mykolaiv in addition to the outskirts of the japanese cities of Donbas have been hit by Russia’s airstrikes. 

The winner of the Tour de France Jonas Vingegaard was welcomed as a hero in Copenhagen.

Croatia has opened the EU-funded Peljesac Bridge - bypassing Bosnia and Herzegovina to ease Dubrovnik site visitors.

That is how these and different tales this week have been captured by photojournalists round Europe. 

A person stands in a glacier cave on the Sardona glacier in Vaettis, Switzerland. July 27, 2022Gian Ehrenzeller/ Keystone by way of AP

A Ukrainien man drives previous a burning home hit by a shell within the outskirts of Bakhmut, japanese Ukraine, on July 27, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of UkraineBulent Kilic/AFP

A wheat subject burns after Russian shelling a number of kilometers from the Ukrainian-Russian border within the Kharkiv area, Ukraine. July 29, 2022Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Picture

A Soviet plane Tu-142MK, flies above a statue of Vladimir Lenin throughout a rehearsal of the Naval parade in St.Petersburg, RussiaDmitri Lovetsky/AP Picture

A teen dives into water to chill off on the sea throughout a summer season day, in San Sebastian, northern Spain. July 29, 2022Alvaro Barrientos/AP Picture

A firefighter plane drops water over a forest fireplace as smoke rises close to Vrisa village, on the japanese Aegean island of Lesbos. July 24, 2022Panagiotis Balaskas/AP Picture

Spectators watch from balconies the T20 Cricket match between England and South Africa in Bristol, England. July 27, 2022David Cliff/AP Picture

A hand form sculpture is mirrored within the water on the Byzantine-era Basilica Cistern in Istanbul, Turkey. July 27, 2022Emrah Gurel/AP Picture

Fireworks illuminate skies over the newly constructed Peljesac Bridge in Komarna, southern Croatia, July 26, 2022AP Picture