Wildfires and heatwaves across the world - in pictures

Countries around the globe have been facing punishing temperatures, sometimes with calamitous effects

Moonrise over Apple Canyon caused by the Cranston Fire near Idyllwild, San Bernardino County, California. EPA

A Cal Fire firefighter waters down a back burn on Cloverdale Rd., near the town of Igo, California. AP

Firefighter Shawn Lee from the Lake Forest unit, tries to contain flames from the Carr fire as it spreads towards the town of Douglas City near Redding, California. AFP

A woman wearing a mask walks in front of her burnt house following a wildfire at the village of Neos Voutzas, near Athens. AFP

The wreckage of a burnt car is pictured on the sea side of the village of Mati, near Athens. AFP

People escaping wildfires wade into the waters of the "Silver Coast" beach in Mati, Greece. AP

A fire gutted car in front of a damaged house, following a deadly forest fire, in Mati a northeast suburb of Athens, Greece. EPA

Boys lie down as they wait for the fountain to sprinkle water in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday. AP

People refresh themselves in the Water Mirror fountain in the center of Bordeaux, France. EPA

A woman uses a parasol on the street during a heatwave in Tokyo, Japan. Reuters

Women wearing yukata, a light summer kimono, touch mist to cool down at the Sensoji temple at Asakusa in downtown Tokyo, Japan. EPA

A coati eats a block of frozen fruits to cool off at the "Bioparco during a heat wave in Rome. AFP

People relax and soak up the sun on the promenade in Blackpool, England. Getty Images

A horse under an umbrella during the heatwave in Naples, Italy. EPA

Board paddlers and canoetists are seen on Palsundet in central Stockholm, Sweden. EPA

A woman enjoys a cooling shower while a Berlin police water cannon waters a tree in a park near the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. EPA

Children are playing with water jets at the Parc Andre Citroen. AFP

A plant is pictured at the dried out riverbank of Elbe in Magdeburg, Eastern Germany. AFP

A bather leaps into the water at the mixed-pond on Hampstead Heath in London. AFP

A man cools himself in a fountain at Trafalgar Square in London, Britain. EPA

The Carr Fire burns near Highway 299 and Redding, California. AP

A pedestrian crossing a plaza surrounded by 'green corridors' around Garibaldi Street in Lyon, which have been made to fight against global warming. AFP

A plant is pictured at the dried out riverbank of Elbe in Magdeburg, Eastern Germany. AFP

A boy enjoys himself as he cools off in an outdoor water fountain in Seoul, South Korea. AP

A man on his bicycle take a photo as the Berlin police uses a water cannon to water the public gardens in front of the Reichstag. AFP

Shannon and her horse cool down in the Katzensee Lake in Zurich, Switzerland. EPA

People relax and soak up the sun during the heatwave, on the North Pier on the promenade on July 27, 2018 in Blackpool, England. Getty Images

A woman seeks cooling in front of her store in the Marnixstraat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. EPA

Vacationers enjoy time in the waters off Haeundae Beach in the southern port city of Busan, South Korea. EPA

Tourists cool off in a fountain at Piazza del Popolo during a heat wave in Rome, Italy. EPA

Dried corn plants stand on a field in Dortmund, western Germany, during the heatwave. AFP

People cool themselves at the Trocadero Fountain in front of The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as a heatwave continues across northern Europe. AFP

Girls cool off in a fountain at Navona Square during a heat wave in Rome, Italy. EPA

A man walks his dog through the empty bed of the river Moselle near the confluence with the Rhine river, Europe's most important waterways in Koblenz, Germany. Reuters

People wait for signals to change to cross a street in the shade of buildings in Tokyo. AP

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