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Added on the 05/08/2018 18:00:09 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
People evacuate buildings as a powerful earthquake struck off the southern coast of Indonesia's heavily populated Java island, according to country's disaster agency, which warning that it could generate a tsunami. IMAGES
An Australian royal air force plane lands in Noumea, New Caledonia as people carrying suitcases gather on the tarmac. The C-130 Hercules aircraft is the first rescue flight since looting, arson and deadly gunfire enveloped the French Pacific territory eight days ago. IMAGES
Workers clear the rubble of collapsed walls in medina of Marrakesh as tourists and residents walk around, inspecting the damage in the UNESCO-listed old city, a day after a devastating earthquake struck Morocco. The strongest-ever quake recorded in the country has killed more than 2,000 people and injured over 2,059, many of them seriously. IMAGES
Images of sweltering passersby in Madrid, as thermometers hover around 38 degrees Celsisus in the city. Looking for shade, using fans, walking bottle in hand, Spain attempts to handle the heat as it suffers through its latest summer heatwave, the fourth of the season, with the mercury soaring notably above 40 degrees Celsius in the northeast and the south of the country. IMAGES
Rescue workers, residents, and journalists gather in front of a collapsed building in Antakya as a new 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook the southern Turkish province of Hatay and northern Syria following the 6 February tremor that killed nearly 45,000 people in both countries. IMAGES