Greece wildfires

Firefighters and residents try to extinguish a fire outside the Mikrochori village, north-east of Athens Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/AP A firefighting plane battles blazes burning a house in the village of Varnava Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA A resident and firefighters try to extinguish a fire in the Mikrochori village, north-east of Athens Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/AP Firemen and volunteers work to extinguish a forest fire at Kapandriti village Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters A volunteer battles blazes near the village of Varnavas Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA A firefigher walks next to a fire in the Mikrochori village Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/AP A resident protects his face from smoke as he carries a branch for beating back a fire in the Mikrochori village, north-east of Athens Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/AP A firefighter battles blazes near the village of Varnava Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA Firefighters work on a hillside near a fire in the Mikrochori village Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/AP People carry buckets of water as they try to put out a forest fire in Kapandriti village Photograph: Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters Volunteers battle blazes near Varnavas Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA Residents of Mikrochori watch a fire Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/AP A firefighting plane tries to extinguish a fire that threatens a forest in Kalamos village, in the suburbs of Athens Photograph: Pantelis Saitas/EPA