Photos of the Week: Fuego Volcano, Underwater Explosion, Pig Diver
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The Atlantic reports a variety of notable events from around the world in their "Photos of the Week" feature. In Croatia, Lara Grbac is captured riding a horse named Perlaz in the water during a heat wave in Supetar, on the island of Brac. Meanwhile, in Russia, a boy is seen floating in the waters of the Gulf of Finland as the Lakhta Center towers in the background.
In London, a drone view shows All Saints’ Church surrounded by parched grassland due to prolonged dry weather conditions. England also faces drought concerns with eight areas nearing drought status according to the National Drought Group. In Budapest, people walk on a sandbar beneath the Danube’s Margareth Bridge as water levels drop to unseen lows.
Romania's Romanian navy carries out a controlled underwater explosion to clear submerged rocks for improved water flow to the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant. Off the coast of East Java, Indonesia, the passenger ship Mutiara Sentosa 2 catches fire, resulting in five deaths, 28 missing, and 225 rescued. Lastly, Guatemala's Fuego Volcano erupts, spewing lava and ash from its crater.
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