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Varnava, Greece, August 11, 2024. Photo: Kostas Tzoumas/Eurokinissi via REUTERS
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People flee wildfire near Athens as it spreads 'like lightning'

More than 400 firefighters backed by 16 waterbombing planes and 13 helicopters battled the blaze that broke out at 3 p.m. (midday GMT) and quickly reached the village of Varnavas 35 km (20 miles)...

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Riot police officers clash with protesters outside the public university in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Police joined by officers from a special forces unit entered the grounds of the city's public university where protesters had occupied the principal's office. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A firefighter sprays water on a damaged house during a wildfire in Voula, south of Athens, Greece June 4, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
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Wildfire near Athens damages homes, cars

A police officer blocks the road after a blast in Athens, Greece, January 26, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
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Winter Olympics - Lighting ceremony rehearsal of the Olympic flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics - Ancient Olympia, Olympia, Greece - October 17, 2021 Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the role of High Priestess, lights the flame during the dress rehearsal of the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Photo: Reuters
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Flames rise as a wildfire burns in the village of Limni, on the island of Evia, Greece, August 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Europe

Greece battles wildfires for fifth day in 'nightmarish summer'

A fire burns a house in Adames area, in northern Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Thousands of people fled their homes north of Athens on Tuesday as a wildfire broke out of the forest and reached residential areas. The hurried evacuations took place just as Greece grappled with its worst heat wave in decades. Photo: AP/ UNB
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Thousands flee homes outside Athens as heat fuels wildfires

The old temple of Athena has six iconic female figure-like columns which have been holding its ceiling for the last 2,500 years; Photo: Tareq Onu
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