This photograph shows donated medical equipment for victims of the fire which swept through the Gironde region in late July, at a tennis court turned into a donation centre run by Le Secours Populaire in Le Porge, south-western France on August 28, 2026. A total of 183 homes were destroyed and 7,000 hectares went up in smoke: in Le Porge, the town in the Gironde department hardest hit by July's massive wildfire, preparations for the start of the school year are underway amid the "trauma" of a population. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP via Getty Images)