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Clearlake (United States) (AFP) – Little is left of abandoned residences at Creekside Mobile Home Park after the Cache fire ripped through the Californian city of Clearlake. Authorities had gone door-to-door urging people to flee the quickly developing blaze, one of several fires ravaging the western state.
Paghman (Afghanistan) (AFP) – Taliban fighters pose for selfies and take video at Paghman Hill Castle, a scenic site in northeast of Kabul days after taking power in Afghanistan. The Islamist hardliners are back in power after being ousted in a US-led invasion nearly 20 years ago.
Chiquitania (Bolivia) (AFP) – Fires sweep through a forest in Chiquitania, a transition zone between the Amazon and the Gran Chaco lowlands in eastern Bolivia, where large blazes have already ravaged at least 200,000 hectares, according to reports from local authorities.
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin warns against “terrorists” entering neighbouring countries from Afghanistan, including under the guise of refugees and calls on the global community to prevent the “collapse” of the country.
Les Mayons (France) (AFP) – Conservationists are trying to save the Hermann's tortoise from wildfires. This rare and protected species lives in the National Nature Reserve of the Maures Plain in the Var region of France.
Chiquitania (Bolivia) (AFP) – Fires sweep through a forest in Chiquitania, a transition zone between the Amazon and the Gran Chaco lowlands in eastern Bolivia, where large blazes have already ravaged at least 200,000 hectares, according to reports from local authorities.
Paghman (Afghanistan) (AFP) – Taliban fighters pose for selfies and take video at Paghman Hill Castle, a scenic site in northeast of Kabul days after taking power in Afghanistan. The Islamist hardliners are back in power after being ousted in a US-led invasion nearly 20 years ago.
Clearlake (United States) (AFP) – Little is left of abandoned residences at Creekside Mobile Home Park after the Cache fire ripped through the Californian city of Clearlake. Authorities had gone door-to-door urging people to flee the quickly developing blaze, one of several fires ravaging the western state. The last decade has seen a huge rise in the number of wildfires in the west of the United States. Climate change linked to the burning of fossil fuels has made the region dryer and hotter for longer, creating ideal conditions for the blazes to rage.
