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Wildfires burn across southern Europe amid scorching heat wave

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A couple stands on the Le Moulleau pier in Arcachon, southwestern France, late Monday, July 18, as a large cloud of black smoke laden with ashes coming from a giant wildfire consuming a forest bordering the Dune du Pilat fills the sky.
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Jordi Villalta, 62, stands next to his house burnt during a wildfire in River Park village, near the town of El Pont de Vilomara, Spain, Tuesday, July 19. Jordi could not even salvage his clothes before escaping the flames, "all I have is what I'm wearing, I've lost everything" Jordi said.
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A man descends the Pyla dune toward the Les Flots Bleus campsite that burned down in a forest fire in Pyla sur Mer, near Arcachon, southwest France, Tuesday, July 19.
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Jaume Almirall checks the damage at his swimming pool burnt during a wildfire near the town of El Pont de Vilomara, Spain, Tuesday, July 19.
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Alex Codonyer, 55, hugs his son Alan, 12, next to their house burnt during a wildfire in River Park village, near the town of El Pont de Vilomara, Spain, Tuesday, July 19.
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The skull of a goat lies on the ground after a forest fire on a farm in San Martin de Tabara, northwest Spain, Tuesday, July 19.
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A firefighter works to extinguish a fire as wildfires get close to a house in Tabara, northwest Spain, Tuesday, July 19.
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Charred trees surround a home after a wildfire swept through near the town of El Pont de Vilomara, Spain, Tuesday, July 19.
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People work to extinguish a fire as it gets close to a house in Tabara, north-west Spain, Tuesday, July 19.
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Firefighters work at the scene of a wildfire in Tabara, north-west Spain, Tuesday, July 19.
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A firefighter sprays water at a fire on the mount of Penteli in Greece, on Tuesday, July 19.
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Firefighters evacuate an elderly woman from her house in Penteli, Greece, on Tuesday, July 19.
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Men on motorcycles watch a fire at Penteli, Greece, on Tuesday, July 19.
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Firefighters leave the area as fire burns near a house in Penteli, Greece, Tuesday, July 19.
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Firefighters and policemen evacuate an elderly woman from her house in Penteli, Greece, on Tuesday, July 19.
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Residents spray water with a hose as fire burns near houses in the area of Drafi east of Athens on Wednesday, July 20.
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A firefighter tries to extinguish the flames next to motorcycles during a wildfire near Megara town, west of Athens, Greece, Wednesday, July 20.
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A firefighting Helicopter throws water in the area of Panorama Palinis, eastern Athens, on Wednesday, July 20.
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People look at the smoke from a fire in the area of Anthousa, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) east of Athens on Wednesday, July 20.

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