Firefighters battle relentless flames along a ridge in Galicia, northern Spain, as wildfires rage out of control. Across the European Union, more land has burned than ever before recorded, with Spain among the hardest hit. Prolonged drought, extreme heat and shifting weather patterns linked to climate change have dried out forests and made fires spread faster, burn hotter and become harder to contain. Vast nature reserves have been consumed and villages reduced to ash.
