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Wildfires Rage Across Southern Europe

By Marcelo del Pozo and Alan Taylor

Photograph of a helicopter drawing water from the sea with a man standing in the water in the foreground. — A person watches as a helicopter draws water at Atlanterra Beach, a day after many people, including locals and tourists, were evacuated from Tarifa due to wildfires, in Tarifa, Spain, August 12, 2025, Reuters/Marcelo Del Pozo

Alan Taylor of The Atlantic has shared a collection of photographs showcasing the wildfires raging in southern Europe.

Same topics: “I hate how pretty the end of the world is.”; An Environmental Crisis Haunts the Ruins of Gaza; Ocean with David Attenborough; The Last Words of a Dying Glacier; Photographs of the Pyrocene; Speaking of Nature; The Oldest Living Things in the World; Diablo IV advertising with wildfire smoke

Same authors

The Scale of China’s Solar-Power Projects

Same formats: The Scale of China’s Solar-Power Projects; Photographs of the Pyrocene; Aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in Haikou, China; The Oldest Living Things in the World; Diablo IV advertising with wildfire smoke; Bagger 288 in Lützerath

Same publisher: The Scale of China’s Solar-Power Projects