Climate Change Is Scorching the Planet: Weekend Reads
Wildfires burn near Malona on the Greek island of Rhodes on July 23.
Photographer: Spyros Bakalis/Getty ImagesStrong winds hampered efforts to contain wildfires across the Mediterranean from Algeria to Turkey, as the world looked set to record its hottest ever month in July, with scientists putting the extreme heat down to climate change.
Kim Jong Un hosted high-level delegations from Russia and China at a military parade in Pyongyang where North Korea showed off its newest missile designed to deliver a nuclear warhead to the US.