In its week-in-images roundup published on 7 August 2026, ESA presented imagery spanning satellite observation, disaster response and mission preparation for the preceding days.

Copernicus Sentinel-2 images of the Danube north of Budapest showed the river's level falling to a record low in Hungary amid a severe drought in central Europe, according to the agency. The same collection noted that Greece continues to battle wildfires, and included a look at a team of experts inspecting every hinge, bolt and surface behind the scenes.

Other items covered the Orion spacecraft for Artemis III inside a cleanroom at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the ESOC-1 ground station and the ARED exercise device used in orbit. The roundup also explained that absolute severity measures the loss of above-ground biomass after a disturbance such as wind, fire or insect damage, or after tree harvesting, and included a Webb telescope image described as a treasure chest filled with stars and one titled "one-sided spiral."