Day in Photos: Massive Wildfire in France, Military Drone Exercise, and Protest in India

A Dash Q400-MRE Fireguard aircraft of the civil security drops fire retardant over a wildfire raging in France department of Pyrenees-Orientales where 700 firefighters backed by special aircraft battled to control a “gigantic” blaze spreading in a hard-to-reach remote area, with more than 10,000 local residents evacuated, near the town of Bouleternerre, France, on July 6, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Milhet/AFP via Getty Images)