The week in photos: August 8-14, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — Bad weather conditions due to southwest monsoon or habagat prevailed over the week affecting Luzon and Western Visayas. On August 9, five young students died after a landslide struck Barangay Guisad Surong in Baguio City. 13 people were buried by thick mud and debris while three houses were hit by the landslide, affecting five families.

Nonstop rain disrupted the schooling of around 6.7 million students on August 10, following the suspension of face-to-face classes. The heavy downpour also forced the Senate to postpone the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte and the chamber’s regular session.

On August 11, a massive accumulation of floodwater and garbage at the Baclaran-Redemptorist Water Channel happened after its trash trap broke off, allowing waste to enter the waterway. Over 700 metric tons of waste and debris, equivalent to around 203 truckloads of garbage were collected after clearing operations.

Meanwhile, state auditor Xylene Mae del Campo testified before the impeachment court on August 11, saying that the Office of the Vice President spent confidential funds on Christmas parties, tree-planting, and gift-giving activity.

On August 12, counsels for the opposing parties — private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan and defense lawyer Kristine Ferrer — butted heads numerous times. Disputes arose over the use of documents for cross-examination, leading to objections and accusations of misleading questions, prompting interventions from the presiding officer Chiz Escudero.

Catch more stories in these photos from the week that was:

Revelers take part in a water gun fight during the 2026 Seoul Vacation Festival, amid a heatwave in Seoul, South Korea, on August 8, 2026. PHOTO BY KIM SOO-HYEON/REUTERS

People take part in a stand-up paddleboarding festival on the Yauza River in Moscow, Russia, on August 9, 2026. PHOTO BY YULIA MOROZOVA/REUTERS

Traditional dancers wait to perform in a festival marking the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in San Salvador, El Salvador, on August 9, 2026. PHOTO BY JOSE CABEZAS/REUTERS

Children hold flowers during a ceremony commemorating the 81st anniversary of the bombing of the city, at Nagasaki’s Peace Park in Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 2026. PHOTO BY MANHAMI YAMADA/REUTERS

Cast members Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor attend the world premiere for the film ‘The End of Oak Street’ in Los Angeles, California, on August 9, 2026. PHOTO BY MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS

Residents socialize at an inundated village, amid the southwest monsoon rains, in Bagong Silangan, Quezon City, on August 10, 2026. PHOTO BY ELOISA LOPEZ/REUTERS

A view of the damage in the aftermath of Houthi strikes on the Red Sea port city of Mocha, Yemen, on August 10, 2026. AL JOUMHOURIYA TV SCREENGRAB VIA REUTERS

A visitor looks at a mural on a preserved section of the Berlin Wall Memorial ahead of the 65th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany, on August 10, 2026. PHOTO BY MARYAM MAJD/REUTERS

A man sits near debris at the Torres de Limonar building in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Cali, Colombia, on August 11, 2026. PHOTO BY SERGIO ACERO/REUTERS

Rhossi, a critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, is prepared to undergo a CT scan at Houston Zoo in Houston, Texas, on August 11, 2026. PHOTO BY EVAN GARCIA/REUTERS

A member of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ‘Estero Rangers’ clears the Redemptorist Water Channel of trash washed by flood due to the continuing monsoon rain, in Baclaran, Paranaque City, on August 11, 2026. PHOTO BY RAPPLER

A woman mourns the death of her son following a landslide after a portion of a hill fell onto houses inside a slum in Mumbai, India, on August 12, 2026. PHOTO BY FRANCIS MASCARENHAS/REUTERS

The moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse as seen from the Galactica Centre, near the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory in Arcos de las Salinas, near Teruel, Spain, on August 12, 2026. PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN HARTMAN/REUTERS

Meteors streak across the sky during the Perseid meteor shower above the ruins of Daorson, the ancient Illyrian city dating from 300 BC to 50 BC, in Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on August 12, 2026. PHOTO BY AMEL EMRIC/REUTERS</small

Private prosecutor Lorna Kapunan makes a manifestation during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on August 12, 2026. SENATE SOCIAL MEDIA UNIT

Restaurant staff take shelter indoors during an Urban Resilience air-defense drill held alongside the annual Han Kuang military exercises in Taipei, Taiwan, on August 13, 2026. PHOTO BY ANN WANG/REUTERS

A man wades through floodwaters at a construction material storage yard, following heavy rainfall brought by remnants of Typhoon Dolphin, in Xuchang, Henan province, China, on August 13, 2026. PHOTO BY TINGSHU WANG/REUTERS

Poland’s Kinga Krolik, Turkey’s Tugba Yenigun, Moldova’s Andreea Stavila-Grosu and Poland’s Alicja Konieczek race during the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Final of the European Athletics Championships at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, Britain, on August 13, 2026. PHOTO BY HANNAH MCKAY/REUTERS

Indigenous peoples group Katribu from Palawan and Kalinga hold a symbolic spearing of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) logo during a protest against the destructive mining and energy projects in their ancestral domains, at the NCIP office in Quezon City on August 14, 2026. PHOTO BY JIRE CARREON/RAPPLER

A shack stands in a forest after a wildfire in Luglon, France, on August 14, 2026. PHOTO BY STEPHANIE LECOCQ/REUTERS