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

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

Italian fisherman Vincenzo Luciano was one of the first persons to witness the deadly migrant shipwreck near Crutone, Italy, on Sunday (February 26)

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

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