Firefighters and a helicopter work to put out a wildfire fanned on by strong winds in the eastern Attica region, on July 27

Nguyen Xuan Phuc is sworn in after being reelected as Vietnamese president in Hanoi on July 26

Smoke rises from the explosion site at an industrial park for chemical companies in the city of Leverkusen on July 27. At least one person died and four others remained missing as of July 28

Gita Gopinath, chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks during a virtual press briefing in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on July 27. The IMF maintained its global economic growth forecast at 6 percent for 2021

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen makes a statement on the EUs Vaccines Strategy in Brussels, Belgium, on July 27. She announced that 70 percent of adults in the EU have thus far received at least one vaccine dose against COVID-19

President Samia Suluhu Hassan shows her vaccination card after being inoculated in Dar es Salaam on July 28. Tanzania started a mass vaccine campaign that day
