Europe Begins to Cool After Record-Breaking Heatwave Grips Continent including France

Western Europe is finally getting a reprieve from a record-setting heatwave, with temperatures dropping and storms forecast. However, southern regions like Spain and Italy will remain in the grip of extreme heat through the weekend, prompting ongoing weather alerts
Jesus wrapped in EU flag, holding overcrowded boat of migrants, bearing the slogan: ‘Why not?’

Rome: Harry Greb, an Italian street artist, created a mural on a Rome street to honour the immigrants who perished in a shipwreck off the eastern coast of Calabria, Italy
Italy: Fisherman Vincenzo Luciano was first viewer of migrant shipwreck

Italian fisherman Vincenzo Luciano was one of the first persons to witness the deadly migrant shipwreck near Crutone, Italy, on Sunday (February 26)
Italy: “Deep sorrow for human lives taken away by traffickers”, Meloni

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed condolences to the families of dead immigrants who left in a wooden vessel to arrive in Italy. On Sunday, February 26, a boat carrying hundreds of migrants sank in the deep waters of Staccato di Cutro, a seaside resort near the eastern coast of Calabria, Italy
Valetta’s residents paid tribute to thousands perished in Mediterranean Sea

A tribute was held in Malta’s capital Valetta on Sunday, February 5, to commemorate the thousands of people who have perished trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, symbolized by shoes of all sizes laid out on the ground