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Wildfires Sweep Syria's Coast and floods in Texas
Ghaith Alsayed/ AP
Smoke rises into the sky during a wildfirenear the town of Rabia, Syria, in the Latakia countryside, late Sunday, July 6, 2025.
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Furnitures lie scattered inside a cabin at Camp Mystic after deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas, U.S., July 5, 2025.
Evan Garcia/ REUTERS
A drone view shows the Guadalupe River and damage from flooding near Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, U.S. July 5, 2025.
SANA / AFP
This handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency's (SANA) telegram page shows a bulldozer attemping to contain a wildfire sweeping through Qatal Maaf in the Latakia province in Syria's Mediterranean West on July 4, 2025.
OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP
An aerial view shows smoke billowing from a forest fire in the coastal Syrian province of Latakia on July 5, 2025.
RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP
A damaged home is seen near Camp Mystic, the site of where at least 20 girls went missing after flash flooding in Hunt, Texas, on July 5, 2025.
Ghaith Alsayed/ AP
Smoke rises into the sky during a wildfire in the town of Rabia, Syria, in the Latakia countryside, on Saturday, July 5, 2025.
U.S. Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS
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