Thousands of people across Europe have been forced to evacuate their homes after a series of wildfires quickly spread in Spain, Portugal and France in the past week.
Sunbathers and swimmers at the Pyla sur mer beach in southwestern France watch as a black cloud of smoke rises from La-Teste-de-Buch forest.
Two fires in Landiras and La Teste-de-Buch have burnt thousands of hectares of pine forest in France as tourists and locals have been evacuated.
A firefighting aircraft dispenses water over a wildfire near Bustelo in the north of Portugal.
Tourists have taken shelter in temporary accommodation after fleeing Girdonde, France, where temperatures are expected to hit 41C today.
Locals work to extinguish a forest fire in Sant Fuitos de Bages, Barcelona. The first began on 17 July and quickly spread,with authorities warning it could burn up to 1,500 hectares of land.
Temperatures in Seville, Spain hit 44C last week as regions in the Iberian Peninsula braced for scorching heat.
A Canadian firefighting plane flies over a burnt landscape in Avignon, France. The fire began on 14 July and was caused by sparks generated by a passing freight train on a train track.
A fire in Pont of Vilomara, Barcelona has quickly spread across the region.
Firefighters have been creating tactical fires in Louchats, south of Bordeaux, in an attempt to curb the further spread of wildfires.
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