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Added on the 21/07/2023 11:08:44 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Scores of tourists arrive at the Acropolis in Athens to visit before it closes during the hottest hours of the day due to a new heatwave. Like other archaeological sites in the country, the Acropolis, the country's most visited monument, will be closed between midday and 5.30pm (09.00 to 14.30 GMT), a measure that will apply until Sunday. IMAGES
Images of tourists leaving the Acropolis in Athens as the key tourist site is closed during the hottest part of the day. Greece is facing its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). IMAGES
Images of sweltering passersby in Madrid, as thermometers hover around 38 degrees Celsisus in the city. Looking for shade, using fans, walking bottle in hand, Spain attempts to handle the heat as it suffers through its latest summer heatwave, the fourth of the season, with the mercury soaring notably above 40 degrees Celsius in the northeast and the south of the country. IMAGES
Residents and tourists in the US capital, Washington, brave the sweltering heat despite the area being under an advisory, with temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius) expected later Thursday. IMAGES
Images show wildfire approaching Gennadi, a village on the Greek island of Rhodes. Wildfires continue to rage across the Mediterranean island for the eighth day in a row, as Greece battles with extreme temperatures and blazes across the country. Tens of thousands of people have already fled the island, with many frightened tourists scrambling to get home on evacuation flights IMAGES