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Crowds flock to the beach in Athens as Greece encourages tourists to visit and international flights from several countries resume. IMAGES
France's Palace of Versailles re-opens to the public after an evacuation due to a new bomb threat. The former French royal residence was already evacuated on Saturday following an anonymous bomb threat. IMAGES
People who fled blazes observe the wildfire still burning in the distance, as night falls on the island Rhodes which remains at the highest level of fire alert, alongside Crete. Like every summer, Greece is plagued by forest fires, often deadly, ravaging tens of thousands of hectares of forest and vegetation. IMAGES
Scores of tourists arrive at the Acropolis in Athens to visit before it closes during the hottest hours of the day due to a new heatwave. Like other archaeological sites in the country, the Acropolis, the country's most visited monument, will be closed between midday and 5.30pm (09.00 to 14.30 GMT), a measure that will apply until Sunday. IMAGES
Demonstrators in Athens, Greece, stage fresh protests amid a 24-hour general strike to voice outrage over last month's train disaster, which claimed 57 lives. The February 28 tragedy has exposed decades of safety failings in Greek railways and has put major pressure on the conservative government ahead of national elections expected in May. IMAGES