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Added on the 05/09/2023 14:31:24 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A bridge close to Farsala collapses in central Greece following unprecedented downpours after a storm, dubbed "Daniel" by Greek weather experts, has battered the country for days, causing several deaths. IMAGES
Images show people standing amidst the rubble of a house that was destroyed by a Russian air strike that killed seven people, four of them children, in the Jisr al-Shughur countryside of northern Syria. Russia, which did not comment immediately on the raid, is a main backer of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. With Russian and Iranian support, Damascus clawed back much of the ground lost in the early stages of Syria's conflict, which erupted in 2011 when the government brutally repressed pro-democracy protests. The last pocket of armed opposition to the regime includes large swathes of Idlib province and parts of the neighbouring Aleppo, Hama and Latakia provinces. IMAGES
AERIAL SHOTS of fires in the Brazilian Amazon as the rainforest has recorded more than 42,000 forest fires from January 1 to August 19, according to the INPE, the worst number in nearly two decades. IMAGES
Residents of Duque de Caxias in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro save their belongings after heavy rains flooded their homes. The rainstorm hit particularly hard the northern parts of Rio, where 11 people died due to landslides, drownings, and electrocutions. Firefighters are still searching for a woman who went missing after her car fell into a river. IMAGES
Aerial images of flattened houses and shops in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, after a fire broke out in the wake of a major 7.5-magnitude earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year's Day. IMAGES