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Italy's far-right Lega party leader and former interior minister, Matteo Salvini, holds a rally in Emilia-Romagna, a week before the regional elections. IMAGES
Hit by torrential rain and floods last week, the the Pas-de-Calais region, in northern France, is facing further rainstorms that could once again lead to devastating flooding after a 48-hour lull over the weekend. IMAGES
As flooding from the Kakhovka dam hits Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, the country's State Border Guard Service releases images of rooftops and furniture floating in the waters near the port city of Odesa. IMAGES
Doctors and nurses receive first vaccinations at Cremona hospital, in the hard-hit Lombardy region, in Italy, as EU countries embark on a vaccination campaign against coronavirus. IMAGES
Images show the scene outside Milan's Duomo Cathedral as swathes of Italy return to coronavirus lockdown in response to the resurgent pandemic continuing its march through Europe. Italy had been badly hit by a first wave, with images of swamped hospitals, makeshift morgues and intubated patients shocking the world. Experts say the country is now in the grip of a second wave after a sharp uptick in contagion numbers, and regions are again warning that intensive care units are filling rapidly. Five coronavirus "red zones" in Italy's north -- plus Calabria in the country's "toe" -- will shutter non-essential businesses, affecting 16 million people. IMAGES
Collapsed roads and bridges and homes swept away; aerial images show how severely floods have hit the French villages of Roquebillière and Saint-Martin-Vésubie in southern France. IMAGES