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Added on the 02/08/2023 08:41:51 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Fiery blazes light up the sky as smoke billows over the southern Lebanese village of Froun following overnight Israeli strikes. Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed a near-daily exchange of fire between Israel's army and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, a Hamas ally. IMAGES
The Damascus Opera House lights up with colours of the Russian flag on "flag day", an annual Russian holiday celebrating Russia's tricolour flag, restored following the Soviet collapse in 1991 and marked on August 22. Russia's military intervention in 2015 helped turn the war in President Bashar al-Assad's favour. Moscow remains a key regime ally and maintains military bases in Syria. IMAGES
Flashes of light illuminate the night sky as a massive fire from Russian bombardments burns east of Ukraine's second city Kharkiv. IMAGES
A crimson glow caused by red lava spewing out of the ground lights up the sky as an Iceland volcano erupts just 40 kilometres (25 miles) from capital Reykjavik. IMAGES
People gather at the scene of a car bomb explosion outside a church in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeast Syria. There was no immediate claim for the attack, which Syrian state television said left several people wounded and cars damaged. Syria's Kurds have led the US-backed fight in the war-torn country against the Islamic State group, which continues to claim deadly attacks despite its territorial defeat in March. IMAGES