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Images show people confronting riot police in Yerevan, Armenia, amid ceasefire agreement between separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Yerevan did not take part in drafting a ceasefire agreement between separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, but that he hoped it would hold. IMAGES
More than 1,000 people have been evacuated in the Spanish regions of Valencia (south-east) and Aragon (north-east) where forest fires have already burnt some 900 hectares, according to local authorities. Four hundred firefighters, rescue workers and military personnel, fifteen planes, seaplanes and helicopters worked to extinguish the flames, according to the Valencia rescue service. A nearby field hospital was set up and the Red Cross opened a reception centre for evacuees in a gymnasium in the town of Segorbe. Spain was hit last summer by some 500 fires that burned over 300,000 hectares of land, making it the most affected European country, according to the European Forest Fire Information System. IMAGES
As cyclone Freddy returns to Malawi, heavy rains have caused flooding and landslides, leaving people stranded without shelter. So far, more than 99 people have been killed in Malawi, after mudslides washed away houses and sleeping occupants, according to authorities. IMAGES
Italian firefighters and other emergency services evacuate residents fom the town of Senigallia after at least seven people died when violent storms in the centre of the country flooded roads and homes. The Corriere della Sera newspaper said about 400 millimetres (16 inches) of rain fell in two hours -- about the quantity normally recorded in six months in this zone. IMAGES
A wildfire in a popular resort on the Greek island of Lesbos is destroying homes and forcing evacuations of tourists and residents. Firefighters deployed seven planes and a helicopter to fight the surging blaze in the beachside village of Vatera, with reinforcements expected to arrive from northern Greece. IMAGES
As unprecedented temperatures hit the UK, a huge grass fire breaks out in Wennington in the outskirts of London, causing people to flee their homes. IMAGES
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