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Photos: Wildfires grow worldwide as climate sizzles
- Associated Press
Wildfires are raging across the western U.S. and Canada, southern Europe, northern Africa, Russia, Israel and elsewhere. Images from around the world.
A home burns on Jeters Road as the Dixie fire jumps Highway 395 south of Janesville, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ethan Swope
A man throws water from a swimming pool as the fire approaches his house in Ippokratios Politia village, about 35 kilometres (21 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. Thousands of people fled wildfires burning out of control in Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Thanassis Stavrakis
Embers fly from burning trees as the Caldor Fire grows on Mormom Emigrant Trail east of Sly Park, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ethan Swope
Nathan Spangle examines trees scorched by the Dixie Fire in Lassen County, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Noah Berger
A car leaves Chester, Calif., which is under mandatory evacuation orders, as the Dixie Fire burns on the edge of town on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. The region is under red flag fire warnings due to dry, windy conditions. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Noah Berger
A sculpture rests in front of a Grizzly Flats home destroyed by the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Ethan Swope
Destiney Barnard holds Raymond William Goetchius while stranded at a gas station near the Dixie Fire on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, in Doyle, Calif. Barnard was helping Goetchius and his family evacuate from Susanville when her car broke down. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Noah Berger
A firefighter battles the Dixie Fire shortly after it jumped Highway 395 south of Janesville in Lassen County, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Noah Berger
Volunteers pause while working at the scene of a forest fire near Kyuyorelyakh village at Gorny Ulus area west of Yakutsk, in Russia Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Ivan Nikiforov)
Ivan Nikiforov
Hunter McKee pets Rosy after helping evacuate the horse to the edge of Lake Almanor as the Dixie Fire approaches Chester, Calif, on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Officials issued evacuation orders for the town earlier in the day as dry and windy conditions led to increased fire activity. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Noah Berger
A helicopter drops water over a wildfire in Koycegiz, Mugla, Turkey, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
Emre Tazegul
A man drops water to burning trees during a wildfire in Adames area, northern Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Hundreds of residents living near a forest area north of Athens fled their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)
Michael Varaklas
Turkish volunteers rest as they fight wildfires in Turgut village, near tourist resort of Marmaris, Mugla, Turkey, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
Emre Tazegul
Ultra-Orthodox Jews walk through the Machane Yehuda market under a sky darkened by nearby wildfires, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Maya Alleruzzo
A man watches the flames as a wildfire approaches Kochyli beach near the village of Limni, Greece, on the island of Evia, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Athens, late Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, as wildfires raged through Greece and Turkey. (AP Photo/Thodoris Nikolaou)
Thodoris Nikolaou
Smoke spreads over the sea as local residents and tourists use a ferry to evacuate Pefki village on Evia island, about 189 kilometers (118 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Petros Karadjias
People stand in front of Kemerkoy Thermal Power Plant with a blaze from a wildfire approaching in the background, in Milas, Mugla, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
Emre Tazegul
Burned trees from the White Rock Lake wildfire stand southeast of Kamloops, British Columbia, on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
Darryl Dyck
People use a ferry to evacuate from Pefki village on Evia island, about 189 kilometers (118 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Petros Karadjias
The remains of a classic car sits on a property destroyed by the White Rock Lake wildfire in Monte Lake, east of Kamloops, British Columbia, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
Darryl Dyck
Firemen use a hose to extinguish a fire near Le Luc, southern France, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. Thousands of people fled homes, campgrounds and hotels near the French Riviera as firefighters battled a blaze that raced through nearby forests, sending smoke pouring down wooded slopes toward vineyards in the picturesque area. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Daniel Cole
Evacuated campers play cards in a gymnasium in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Daniel Cole