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Residents watch flames rising from a wildfire burns next to the village of Kallithea, near Corinth, Greece, September 29, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Vassilis Psomas/File Photo
Europe

Two people found dead near wildfire in central Greek region

Hundreds of firefighters, assisted by nine aircraft, battled the blaze which broke out on Sunday near the seaside town of Xylokastro on the Peloponnese peninsula, some 120 km (75 miles) west of Athens

A forest firefighter looks at an area affected by wildfires in the community of Palestina, in Concepcion, Bolivia September 13, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ipa Ibanez/File Photo
Climate Change

Bolivia wildfires set to blaze past record as forests burn

Silhouettes of firefighters tackling a wildfire are pictured at Veiga village in Agueda, Aveiro on September 17, 2024. Photo: AFP
World+Biz

Portugal declares a state of calamity as wildfires rage out of control

Members of Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) fire brigade work to extinguish a fire rising in Amazon rainforest in Apui, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Climate Change

'Out of control' fires ravage the Amazon region

A general view of the city of La Paz covered by thick smoke from wildfires in Bolivia and neighboring Brazil, according to local authorities, in La Paz, Bolivia September 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Morales/ File Photo
Environment

Bolivia declares national emergency due to forest fires

A fire fighter tries to put out fire in a sugar cane plantation near Dumon city, Brazil, August 24, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Joel Silva
Climate Change

Wildfires affecting 30 cities in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, leave 2 dead

Volunteer firefighter members of the Alto Pantanal Brigade are seen on a tractor as they work to extinguish a fire rising in the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, June 14, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo
Environment

Wildfires affecting 30 cities in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, leave 2 dead

Members of Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) fire brigade work to extinguish a fire rising in Amazon rainforest in Apui, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado
World+Biz

Brazil fire brigades fight Amazon blazes off to torrid start in 2024

Smoke and flame rise from Park Fire burning near Chico, California, US, July 25, 2024. Picture taken with long exposure. Photo: REUTERS/Fred Greaves/File Photo
USA

California, Oregon wildfires burns down over a 150,000 acres

Smoke rises from the Lower Campbell Creek wildfire (K51472) wildfire northwest of Beaverdell, British Columbia, Canada July 24, 2024. Photo: BC Wildfire Service/Handout via REUTERS.
World+Biz

Canadian wildfire reaches Alberta, firefighters battle to protect oil pipeline

Mount Parnitha, near Athens, Greece, June 29, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Elias Marcou
Environment

Wildfire fanned by strong winds rages uncontrolled on Greece's Serifos island

Burnt trees and vegetation in the Pantanal. Photography by Amanda Perobelli/Reuters
Environment

Wildfires threaten world's largest tropical wetland in Brazil’s Pantanal

Smoke rises into the air from the fire that is reflected on the Paraguay River in the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, June 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Environment

Fires in Brazil Pantanal wetlands surge to record start in 2024