In pictures: Courage and ingenuity as Europeans tackle heat and wildfires
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In pictures: Courage and ingenuity as Europeans tackle heat and wildfires
Many parts of Europe are suffering under extreme heat conditions which have sparked fierce wildfires and forced thousands of people to be evacuated from their homes.
People in France, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Ireland, and the UK are looking for inventive ways to stay cool or protect themselves and their property from fires -- while firefighters are battling blazes that rage out of control.
The European struggle with heat, drought and fires is featured in these photographs from across the continent.
Greece
A firefighting Helicopter throws water in the area of Panorama Palinis, eastern Athens. July 20, 2022. - Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo
Members of the Australian cabaret & circus troupe Briefs cool down in a fountain on the Southbank in London. July 19, 2022 - Aris Oikonomou/AFP
France
People swim on Moulleau's beach as smoke rises from the forest fire in La Teste-de-Buch. Gironde department, southwestern France - Thibaud Moritz/AFP
Firefighters put gas canisters in the swimming pool of the 5 star hotel in the town of Pilat sur Merle, as smoke of a firein La Teste de Buch is seen in background. - SouthwesternFrance. July 18, 2022. Thibaud Moritz/AFP
The firefighters fighting wildfires near Landiras, southwestern France. July 17, 2022 - the fire brigade of the Gironde region (SDIS 33) via AP Photo
Trucks and cars drive on the A63 motorway through thick smoke caused by the forest fire 50 km south of Bordeaux, near Belin-Béliet, southwestern France. July 18, 2022 - Bob Edme/AP Photo
Kids jump from a bridge to swim in the Canal St Martin, during a heatwave in Paris. July 18, 2022 - Lewis Joly/AP Photo
Hungary
This picture taken by a drone shows the nearly dried-up Halda fishing lake at Batonyterenye, northern Hungary. July 20, 2022 - Peter Komka/MTVA via AP Photo
Spain
A firefighter cries near a wildfire in the Losacio area in north western Spain. July 17, 2022 - Emilio Fraile/AP Photo
A firefighting plane drops retardant on a forest fire in the Castellgali area of Catalonia, Spain. July 17, 2022 - Lorena Sopena/AP
A firefighter tries to extinguish flames as wildfires advance during a wildfire in Ferreras de Abajo in north western Spain. July 18, 2022 - Emilio Fraile/AP Photo
A man throws water on the ground following a fire next to the village of Pumarejo, near Zamora, northern Spain. July 18, 2022 - Miguel Riopa/AFP
A woman holds an umbrella to shelter from the sun during a hot sunny day in Madrid, Spain. July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) - Manu Fernandez/AP Photo
Two men cool themselves with water from a public sprinkler on a hot and sunny day in Barcelona, Spain. July 16, 2022 - Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo
Portugal
A firefighting helicopter drops water on a wildfire near Bustelo village in Amarante, north of Portugal. July 16, 2022 - Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP
The UK
Members of the Australian cabaret & circus troupe Briefs cool down in a fountain on the Southbank in London, the UK. July 19, 2022 - Frank Augstein/AP Photo
A British soldier wearing a traditional bearskin hat, stands with sweat on his face whilst on guard duty outside Buckingham Palace, during hot weather in London. July 18, 2022 - Matt Dunham/AP Photo
A woman holds an umbrella to shelter from the sun, as she walks on the south bank of the river Thames, in London. July 18, 2022 - Alberto Pezzali/AP Photo
Traffic crosses a bridge at Woodhead Reservoir in West Yorkshire, England, as water levels dip dangerously low amid record high temperatures in the UK. July 18, 2022 - Jon Super/AP Photo
Germany
Water from a fountain runs down in front of the Old Opera as a woman takes a picture of two girls in Frankfurt, Germany. July 18, 2022 - Michael Probst/AP Photo
A woman uses an umbrella to shelter from sun as she looks into a photo-automat at a the Mauerpark park in Berlin, German. July 20, 2022 - Markus Schreiber/AP Photo
A man uses the cool morning hours for a run on a small road on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany. July 18, 2022 - Michael Probst/AP Photo
A puddle of water is photographed amid the nearly dried-up river bed of the Rhine in Cologne, western Germany, as many parts of Europe experience a heatwave. July 18, 2022 - Ina Fassbender/AFP
Switzerland
People cool down during temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius on Lake Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland, July 18, 2022 during a heatwave across Europe. - Martin Meissner/AP Photo
Stranded boats are pictured on the dried out shore of Brenet Lake, part of the Doubs river, a natural border between eastern France and western Switzerland. July 18, 2022 - Anthony Anex/ AP Photo
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