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In pictures: Wildfires rage across the globe

Heat and drought conditions fuel wildfires in countries across Europe and North America.

Published: August 18, 2021 14:10 Agencies

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Copy of 577833-01-02-1629280844461 — Fire firefighters set a hose line as they try to contain the fire from spotting across Highway 395 during the Dixie Fire on August 17, 2021 near Milford, California. The wildfire in Northern California has grown to become the second-largest single wildfire in California state history. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 578889-01-02-1629280857317 — Flames rise as light from the setting sun is filtered through smoke during a forest wildfire, near Gonfaron, in the department of Var, southern France, on August 17, 2021. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 579320-01-02-1629280802629 — Flames surge into the air as firefighters try to contain the fire from spotting across Highway 395 during the Dixie Fire on August 17, 2021 near Milford, California. The wildfire in Northern California has grown to become the second-largest single wildfire in California state history. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 575654-01-02-1629280805807 — People in the village of Grimaud, in the Var department, watch wild fires rage in southeastern France on August 17, 2021. Thousands of people, including tourists in campsites, have been evacuated as a wildfire raged near the plush resort of Saint-Tropez in southern France, the fire service said. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 578934-01-02-1629280798390 — Moroccan firemen, members of civil protection auxiliary forces and forest guards fight against a wildfire in the region of Chefchaouen of northern Morocco on August 17, 2021. Firefighters in northern Morocco are battling to put out two forest blazes, a forestries official said as the North African kingdom swelters in a heatwave. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Israel_Wildfires_62820.jpg-34530-1629280817944 — The burned shell of a vehicle after it was torched in a wildfire in Israel on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. Firefighters worked for a third consecutive day on Tuesday to contain a wildfire that has consumed a large swath of forest and threatened several communities. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 575414-01-02-1629280861394 — A French firefighters uses a water hose as an Eurocopter AS-350B-3 Ecureuil drops water to extinguish a fire in Gonfaron, in the French department of Var, southern France on August 17, 2021. Around 750 firefighters and water-droppping aircraft were battling the blaze in difficult conditions, with high temperatures and strong winds. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 575703-01-02-1629280810614 — A woman evacuates a horse as smoke rise in the background from a fire in Gonfaron, in the French department of Var, southern France, on August 17, 2021. Thousands of people, including tourists in campsites, have been evacuated as a wildfire raged near the plush resort of Saint-Tropez in southern France, the fire service said on August 17. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Israel_Wildfires_75575.jpg-62c98-1629280825276 — A distorted bottle sits in the ruins of a winery a day after it was torched in a wildfire in Kiryat Yearim in Israel. Firefighters worked for a third consecutive day on Tuesday, August 17 to contain a wildfire that has consumed a large swath of forest west of Jerusalem and threatened several communities. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2021-08-17T131152Z_1057915456_RC2C6P9MVNAQ_RTRMADP_3_CLIMATE-WILDFIRES-ALGERIA-FAMILY-1629280865147 — Lyazid Tazibt stands with his brother Khelaf inside their home that was burnt following a wildfire in the village of Ait Sid Ali, in the northeastern Bejaia province, Algeria on August 16, 2021. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of California_Wildfires_29577.jpg-bc5ef-1629280851425 — Jason Tow makes a phone call as the Dixie Fire burns near his home south of Janesville in Lassen County, California on August 17, 2021. Critical fire weather throughout the region has spread multiple wildfires burning in Northern California. Image Credit: AP

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