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Added on the 02/08/2021 15:27:25 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Firefighters battle wildfires that continue to rage across the coastal Turkish city of Marmaris. The European Union sent help to Turkey and volunteers joined firefighters in battling a week of violent blazes that have killed eight people and put pressure on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. IMAGES
A giant cloud of smoke billows over the Parthenon in Athens as Greece battles several wildfires, with warnings of extreme weather conditions for the rest of the week. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal visits the market in Royan, a seaside town on France's Atlantic coast, before meeting local representatives of farmers, who are still unhappy despite the assurances he has given them. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in La Teste-de-Buch, Gironde, to meet with firefighters, civil security agents, and elected officials as two huge wildfires in the department rage on. IMAGES
A thermal power plant and its surrounding town on the Aegean Sea are being evacuated as a deadly wildfire that has ravaged Turkey for the past week engulfs its outer edge. The defence ministry said it was evacuating villagers by sea as bright balls of orange flames tore through the hills encircling the plant. IMAGES