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Europe swelters through relentless summer heatwave

This aerial photograph shows a bridge over the dried out Loire River bed in Loireauxence (Varades), western France, on July 10, 2026. (AFP)

Beachgoers sit on the beach of Moutchic in Lacanau, southwestern France on July 24, 2026, as clouds of smoke rise into the sky from a wildfire. (AFP)

A man cools off with water from a fountain during a heatwave in Thessaloniki, Greece on August 22, 2026. (AFP)

A screenshot from a video released on July 25, 2026 shows a wildfire burning through the Cairngorms national park in northern Scotland, between July 16 and 17, 2026. (AFP)

Boats lay stranded on the parched bed of Brenets Lake (Lac des Brenets), part of the Doubs River, a natural border between eastern France and western Switzerland, on August 11, 2026. (AFP)

A Greek firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire in the area of Porto Germeno, some 70 kilometres northwest of Athens in the region of Viotia, Greece on August 2, 2026. (AFP)

People walk along the dried river bed of the Danube River near the city of Ruse, Bulgaria on August 21, 2026. (AFP)

Tourists and local residents from the resort village of Agia Galini gather in an indoor stadium during a wildfire in Rethymno area, Greece on July 30, 2026. (AFP)

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