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On August 16, firefighters are fighting a fire near Ávila (Spain).

A helicopter drops water while a forest fire burns in the village of Navalmoral, Spain, on 16 August.

A man is working to put out a fire in Montalto, Italy, on August 12th.

Forest fires are raging on the Greek island of Euboea on 11 August.

This aerial photo shows an area affected by forest fires in Mugla, Turkey, on August 11th.

On August 10, remains of an 18th-century Orthodox church are seen following a fire on the Greek island of Evia.

Young people and local volunteers gather in a camp and hope to support firefighters during a fire on August 9, near the village of Kamatriades, on the Greek island of Evia.

People sleep in a car near the beach in the village of Pefki as forest fires spread to the island of Evia on 8 August.

A resident reacts when gunpowder approaches his home in the Greek village of Gouves, on the island of Evia, on 8 August.

A house in Pefkofito, Greece, is destroyed on August 7.

A firefighter washes his face in the Milas area of ​​Mugla, Turkey, on August 7.

People are evacuated in a ferry while a forest fire is burning in Limni, Greece, on 6 August.

A satellite photo shows the August 5 coming out of the fire on the island of Evia, Greece.

On August 5, firefighters try to put out a fire near the city of Olympia, Greece.

Residents react during a fire near Olympia on August 5th.

The grounds of a burned hotel are seen in the village of Lalas, near Olympia, on 5 August.

People move their belongings to safety as a forest fire sinks in a wooded area north of Athens, Greece, on 5 August.

On August 4 he approaches an Olympic academy in Olympia, Greece.

The remains of a destroyed house are seen in the Varibobi area, north of Athens, on 4 August.

Spectators see the smoke of forest fires covering the Acropolis of Athens on August 4th.

A charred area of ​​Mugla, Turkey, after a forest fire on 3 August.

Smoke and flames rise over the village of Limni, on the Greek island of Evia.

Firefighters are working as a burning house in the Adams area, north of Athens, on August 3rd.

A woman pours water on a baby’s head at a spring in Skopje, Northern Macedonia, as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) on August 2nd.

A man drives sheep from a large fire in Mugla, Turkey, on 2 August.

People observe a fire advancing around the village of Cokertme, near Bodrum, Turkey, on 2 August.

Local residents watch as a Greek army helicopter collects water to fight a fire near the village of Lambiri, Greece, on August 1st.

A photo from the national sheet of Italian firefighters shows an aerial view of a fire at the Pineta Dannunziana reserve in Pescara, Italy, on August 1st.

A man is investigating a fire on the beach of Le Capannine, in the Sicilian city of Catania, Italy, on July 30.

On July 29, firefighters are battling a massive fire that ravaged a Mediterranean region off the southern coast of Turkey, near the town of Manavgat.

A firefighter talks to his partner as they work to put out fires in Cuglieri, on the Italian island of Sardinia, on July 26th.

A firefighting helicopter passes in front of a cloud of smoke from a forest fire near the village of Spathovouni, southwest of Athens, Greece, on July 23rd.