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Images show Israeli soldiers trying to extinguish brush fires around Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel after munitions fired from Lebanon by Hezbollah the previous evening ignited several blazes across northern Israel. IMAGES
Firefighters from the ICMBio (Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation), Brazil's federal protected areas agency, use helicopters and make firebreaks to combat a blaze in the Amazon rainforest. Nearly 3,000 forest fires were registered in the Brazilian Amazon in February 2024, the highest for any February since records began in 1999, and made more likely by climate change, according to experts. IMAGES
Firefighters and police use hoses and rakes in an attempt to put out a fire in Nemocon, 60 kilometers north of Colombia's capital Bogota. The South American country has appealed for international aid as it continues to battle dozens of forest fires burning vast swathes of land and encroaching on homes in the capital. IMAGES
Fires blaze and black smoke rises after an Israeli raid on the West Bank city of Jenin that left at least ten people dead. IMAGES
Wildfires on the island of Evia have charred vast areas of pine forest, destroyed homes and forced tourists and locals to flee. Blazes also continue to rage in the Peloponnese region in the southwest, but fires in a northern suburb of Athens have subsided. IMAGES
At least 150 houses have been destroyed by a raging fire that surrounded a monastery and a dozen villages on the Greek island of Evia, just one of over 100 blazes burning in the heatwave-hit country. Firefighters say the blaze on the island of rolling hills with little visibility is hard to control. IMAGES