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"No one will forget you," promises new French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to flood victims in the Pas-de-Calais, northern France, on his first trip as head of government. IMAGES
Chilean President Gabriel Boric signs a decree officiating a plan to find the missing victims of the country's dictatorship, at a ceremony held outside La Moneda Palace in the capital city of Santiago. IMAGES
Italian firefighters and other emergency services evacuate residents fom the town of Senigallia after at least seven people died when violent storms in the centre of the country flooded roads and homes. The Corriere della Sera newspaper said about 400 millimetres (16 inches) of rain fell in two hours -- about the quantity normally recorded in six months in this zone. IMAGES
European Council president Charles Michel and EU ambassadors observe a minute of silence in Brussels to pay tribute to the victims of the devastating floods that left nearly 200 dead in western Europe. Heavy rains last week sent torrents of floodwaters sweeping through towns and villages, mostly in Germany and Belgium, in the worst deluge in living memory. IMAGES
In the wake of a deadly earthquake which killed more than 20 people and left scores injured, hundreds of people in the coastal city of Durres take shelter for the night in tents erected outside the city's stadium, afraid to return home after a series of powerful aftershocks. IMAGES
Sierra Leone begins mass burials for the victims of devastating floods, as fears grow of more mudslides and accusations of government "inaction" over deforestation and poor urban planning mounted. IMAGES