Day in Photos: Volcano Eruption, Drought in Italy, and Flood in Nigeria

|July 03, 2026Updated:July 03, 2026Pedestrians wade through a flooded street in Lekki neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 3, 2026. Olympia de Maismont/AFP via Getty ImagesArmy helicopters fly past the Washington Monument during pre-Fourth of July festivities on the National Mall in Washington on July 3, 2026. Fourth of July festivities have been shortened, and some are facing cancellations amid an extreme, multi-day heat wave bringing triple-digit temperatures to much of the eastern United States. Finn Gomez/Getty Images(L–R) Monaco’s Public Safety director Eric Arella, deputy prosecutor Raymond Morgan, and police chief Emilie Moreau give a press conference after Interpol issued a red notice against a Ukrainian woman suspected of planting a bomb in Monaco that injured three people, including a Ukrainian-born tycoon, in Monaco on July 3, 2026. Identified as Anastasiia Berezovska, 39, the suspect is wanted in Monaco for attempted murder, placing an explosive device on a public road with criminal intent, and criminal conspiracy, according to the notice. Valery Hache/AFP via Getty ImagesSandbanks and a dry riverbed along the river Po in Castelvetro Piacentino, near Cremona, Italy, on July 3, 2026. Piero Cruciatti/AFP via Getty ImagesLabour’s candidate for Greater Manchester mayor Bev Craig meets supporters following her speech in Stockport, England, on July 3, 2026. Anthony Devlin/Getty ImagesA Dash Q400-MR Fireguard aircraft of the civil security drops retardant mixed with water during a demonstration of firefighting capacity by the Gironde’s Fire and Rescue Departmental Service in Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc, France, on July 3, 2026. Hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires in southern France that are being fueled by wind, drought, and heat. Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty ImagesMembers of the Kosovo Security Force salute during a graduation ceremony at Adem Jashari barracks in Pristina on July 3, 2026. Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty ImagesA white peacock at the National Zoological Gardens in Dehiwala near Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 3, 2026, marking the zoo’s 90th anniversary. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty ImagesRescuers and volunteers work amid the rubble of collapsed buildings, as a Venezuelan flag is raised, in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on July 3, 2026. Martin Beretti/AFP via Getty ImagesFans watch the FIFA World Cup match between the Socceroos and Egypt on the big screen at Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia, on the early morning of July 4, 2026. Josh Chadwick/Getty ImagesReenactors pose for a photo with the American Girl doll Felicity Merriman, who represents the American Revolutionary War period, near Independence Hall following the cancellation of the Salute to Independence Semiquincentennial Parade due to heat in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 3, 2026. Philadelphia is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. Al Drago/Getty ImagesPalestinians attempt to extinguish a fire allegedly set by Israeli settlers on wheat fields in the village of Salem, east of Nablus, in the West Bank, on July 3, 2026. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty ImagesA pharmacy thermometer reads 36 degrees Celsius (96.8 degrees Fahrenheit) at 11:30 a.m. in Sa da Bandeira square in Santarem, Portugal, on July 3, 2026. Parts of Portugal are under red alert due to forecast high temperatures in the coming days after being relatively spared by the recent European heatwave. Henrique Casinhas/AFP via Getty ImagesA woman poses for a picture as her animals graze in the village of Ain Draham in northwestern Tunisia’s Jendouba governorate on July 3, 2026. Fethi Belaid/AFP via Getty ImagesA local resident stands on the balcony of his flat in a residential building damaged by a Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, on July 3, 2026. Russia launched its largest ever barrage on Kyiv early July 2, 2026, according to the city’s mayor. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images