Spanish firefighters and emergency units continue to battle an out-of-control wildfire in the north-west of Valencia.

Firefighters battle a blaze fanned by strong winds as a huge forest fire burns out of control in southeastern Spain.

A massive explosion has ripped through a fireworks warehouse in a shopping mall in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, killing two people and injuring 60 others.

At least 41 killed have been killed and 45 others injured after a fire broke out in a Coptic Christian church in the Egyptian city of Giza, near the capital Cairo.

Around 1,000 firefighters tackle a blaze in southwestern France.

Firefighters were battling California's largest wildfire of the summer on Monday.

A Greek wildfire fueled by gale-force winds raged in the mountainous region of Penteli near Athens on Tuesday, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of at least four areas and a hospital.

Thousands of firefighters battled more than 20 blazes that raged on Wednesday across Portugal and western Spain, menacing villages and disrupting tourists' holidays amid a heat wave that pushed temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of Europe.

About 700 firefighters backed by aircraft have been pressed into service in France's southern Gard region to battle a blaze that has so far burnt more than 600 hectares (1,500 acres) of forest area.

While firefighters search for missing people under thick mud, residents in the Brazilian city of Recife can barely sleep.