Europeans sizzle amid relentless heatwave while Greece catches fire
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Wild fires engulf the fields near the settlement of Pournari, in the area of Magoula, some 25km southwest of the Greek capital Athens on July 18, 2023.
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More of the fire near Athens. Europe braced for new high temperatures on July 18, 2023, under a relentless heatwave and wildfires that have scorched swathes of the Northern Hemisphere.
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More of the fire near Athens. Health authorities have sounded alarms from North America to Europe and Asia, urging people to stay hydrated and shelter from the burning sun, in a stark reminder of the effects of global warming.
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A person cools off at the Piazza del Popolo, during a heatwave across Italy, as temperatures are expected to rise further in the coming days, in Rome, Italy July 18, 2023.
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People sit on stairs during a heatwave across Italy as temperatures are expected to rise further in the coming days, in Bologna, Italy July 18, 2023.
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People cool off at the Piazza del Popolo, during a heatwave across Italy, as temperatures are expected to rise further in the coming days, in Rome, Italy July 18, 2023.
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During a heatwave in Croatia, a man cools his legs in a fountain in the centre of Zagreb on July 17, 2023.
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A mother bathes with her sons in a branch of the Danube River next to Frecatei village in the eastern Dobrogea region, some 55 kilometres south of Braila, southeastern Romania, on July 17, 2023.
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A woman covers herself with a scarf in Avignon, southern France, on July 17, 2023.
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A girl cools off at a fountain in Pristina on July 17, 2023, as Kosovo is hit by a heatwave.