Exceptional heat is sparking wildfires and heatwaves around the world
Here's a selection of newspaper frontpages from the last few days (ongoing thread)
1/ Spain
2/ Turkey
3/ China
4/ Greece
5/ UK
6/ UK
7/ Portugal
8/ Spain
9/ Scotland
10/ Greece
11/ UK
12/ France
13/ Croatia
14/ France
15/ US
16/ Spain
17/ Spain
18/ Bosnia - Dnevni avaz
"The country is on fire"
19/ Spain - Faro De Vigo
"Night of panic"
20/ Mexico - El Sol de Salamanca
"Drought devastates crops"
21/ US - The Tribune
"Giant sequoias were saved"
22/ Spain - Regió 7
"Fire storm in Bages with 200 evacuated"
23/ US - The State
"Fires scorch Spain and France"
24/ Israel - Haaretz
"Huge fires are raging in Western Europe, and firefighters are helpless"
25/ Germany - DW
"Heatwaves and fires, above all in southern Europe"
26/ Qatar - Qatar Tribune
"Evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread"
27/ South Korea - Dong-A Ilbo
"40C heatwave spreads to Spain's wildfires"
28/ Qatar - Gulf Times
"Forest fires rage as climate change hits South Europe"
29/ Germany - DW English edition
"Wildfires continue to rage in France and Spain"
30/ Austria - Kronen Zeitung
"Europe fights the heat"
31/ Slovakia - Pravda
"The fire is tormenting many countries, Slovakia is in for a scorcher"
32/ Spain - El Periódico
"New fire, deliberate, in Hell's Gorge"
33/ Spain - Córdoba
"Spain on fire"
34/ Turkey - Hürriyet
"Fires rage in scorching south west Europe"
35/ Czechia - Lidové Noviny
"The south of Europe is fighting fire."
36/ Austria - Kleine Zeitung
"The overheated continent"
37/ Mexico - El Mundo
"The flames devour…more than 30,000ha in Portugal"
38/ Scotland - Edinburgh News
"Feeling the heat"
39/ Spain - La Voz de Galicia
"The great fires in Lugo and Ourense force the evacuation of several populations"
40/ France - Le Temps
"The burning forest"
41/ Spain - el Periódico
"Fire rages in Bages"
42/ Canada - The Telegram
"Forest fire hits Conception Bay South"
43/ Singapore - The Straits Times
"Fight to control wildfires raging in south-western Europe"
44/ France - Libération
"After six days, the forest is still burning"
45/ US - The Wall Street Journal
"Wildfires, Record Heat Beset European Continent"
47/ Spain - La Vanguardia
"Fire rages out of control"
48/ France - Le Figaro
"Forest fires ravage the Southwest"
49/ UK - Daily Mirror
"Blowtorch Britain"
50/ Spain - La Razón
"A seaplane unloads retardant on the flames of a forest fire"
51/ Spain - El País
"First fatality of the fire wave"
52/ UK - The Daily Telegraph
"Heatwave meltdown brings UK to a halt"
53/ UK - The Sun
"Hotter than the Sahara"
54/ UK - The Guardian
"Red alert: 'ferocious' heatwave set to send temperatures beyond 40C"
55/ Slovenia - Primorske novice
"Extinguishing fire made harder by exploding grenades [from WWI]"
HT @dcerar
56/ Saudi Arabia - Al Eqtisadiah
"A firefighter working to contain forest fires in the Gironde region, southwest France, yesterday"
57/ Serbia - Blic
"40C in Serbia!"
58/ El Salvador - La Prensa Grafica
"Fires due to heat…in Spain"
59/ Austria - Vorarlberger Nachrichten
"Europe is burning"
60/ Turkey - Daily Sabah
"'Climate change affects everyone': Europe battles huge wildfires"
61/ Mexico - El Mundo
"Jerte fire completes the disaster"
62/ Oman - Muscat Daily
"Heatwave grips Europe"
63/ Turkey - Türkiye
"Number of deaths from heat increases"
64/ Spain - el Periódico
"Surviving the inferno"
65/ France - Libération
"Like being in a disaster film"
66/ Spain - La Vanguardia
"The heatwave causes 510 deaths and dozens of fires in Spain"
67/ Spain - El País
"Agonising fight against the fire"
68/ Canada - The Globe and Mail
"Extreme heat sears Britain"
69/ UK - The Independent
"A wildfire near Chesterfield yesterday was one of two dozen recorded in just 48 hours as Britain swelters"
70/ UK - The Sun
"Britain is melting"
71/ UK - the i newspaper
"Earth sends a warning"
72/ UK - Evening Standard
"London sizzles"
73/ UK - Daily Mirror
"Record baker"
74/ UK - Metro
"Get ready for…hottest day ever"
75/ Netherlands - NRC
“Heatwave sweeps through Western Europe”
HT @TdeBeus
76/ Argentina - La Nacion
"Europe, overwhelmed: record heat, paralysis and wildfires"
77/ Portugal - Jornal de Notícas
"July breaks heat and death records"
78/ Brazil - Estado de Minas
"Historical (and scary) heat in Europe"
79/ Scotland - The Herald
"Mercury guess record high as Scotland sizzles at 35C"
80/ Brazil - Folha de S.Paulo
"Under climate crisis, UK records national record-high 40.3C temperature"
81/ Switzerland - Neue Zürcher Zeitung
"38.1C in Geneva - Europe is suffering"
82/ Portugal - Jornal de Negócios
"With each fire a little more of Portugal is lost"
83/ Austria - Der Standard
"Drought triggers numerous forest fires in Europe"
84/ US - Arkansas Democrat Gazette
"No relief for Europe"
85/ US - World Journal
"Britain surges to 105F, thousands die in Europe"
86/ Greece - Kathimerini
"Fiery conflagration in Attica"
87/ UK - The Guardian Weekly
"Europe's heat apocalypse"
88/ Scotland - The Scotsman
"Extreme heatwaves 'every three years' without action"
89/ UK - Financial Times
"Burning Britain: Houses blaze in record heat "
90/ UK - the i newspaper
"Tinderbox UK ignites at record 40.3C"
91/ UK - The Sun
"Hellfire"
92/ UK - Metro
"Burning hot Britain"
93/ UK - The Times
"Record high of 40.3C sparks wildfires in tinderbox Britain"
94/ UK - Daily Mail
"Nightmare of the wildfires"
95/ UK - Daily Mirror
"Britain's burning"
96/ UK - The Independent
"The day Britain burned"
97/ UK - The Guardian
"'A wake up call': UK hits highest ever temperature"
98/ UK - The Daily Telegraph
"Britain ignites as temperatures break 40C barrier for first time"
99/ UK - Daily Express
"Britain burns in 40.3C heat"
100/ Scotland - Daily Record
"Britain's burning"
101/ Sweden - Svenska Dagbladet
"The shock heat spreads"
102/ France - Le Figaro
"In Gironde, the fierce fight against the advance of the flames"
103/ India - The Hindu
"Sizzling Spain"
104/ Italy - Corriere Della Sera
"Italy on fire, evacuations and fear from the Karst to Versilia"
105/ Canada - Toronto Star
"Extreme heat grips Europe"
106/ Ireland - Irish Daily Mail
"Nightmare of horror wildfires in Britain"
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