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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
Wildfires and heatwaves across the world - in pictures
Countries around the globe have been facing punishing temperatures, sometimes with calamitous effects
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