Photos of the wildfires in Europe displacing thousands as residents join efforts to fight the flames

Wildfires are burning in parts of Europe, displacing thousands, as water-dropping planes and helicopters swoop overhead and residents join the effort, beating back flames with cut branches or dousing them with buckets of water.

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This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Local residents and volunteers try to put out a wildfire in Larouco, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)

Local residents and volunteers work together to put out an encroaching wildfire in Larouco, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)

Bunred bale of straw are pictured during a forest fire in Pareisas, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)

A firefighter and men try to control the fire approaching a house during a wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A helicopter drops water on a wildfire in Larouco, northwestern Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Lalo R. Villar)

Burned cars are seen at an impound lot in Kato Achaia, during a wildfire near Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A man fights against the fire as approaching a house during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A man reacts as firefighters and other men try to control an approaching wildfire in Patras city, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A man takes away goats during a wildfire in Vounteni, on the outskirts of Patras, western Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Members of the London Fire Brigade tackle a wildfire on Wanstead Flats in London, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)

View of flames and smoke from a fire on Arthur’s Seat in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, Sunday Aug. 10, 2025. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)

Burned trees are pictured during one of the largest wildfire in decades in Fontjoncouse, southern France, Friday, Aug.8, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

This photo, provided by the Securite Civile on Thursday Aug. 7, 2025, shows a fire man using a hose next to the wildfire near Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, southern France, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Securite Civile via AP)

Burned grapevines are pictured after firefighters contained France’s largest wildfire in decades in Saint Laurent de La Cabrerisse, southern France, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

This photo, provided by the Securite Civile on Thursday Aug. 7, 2025, shows a plane flying over the wildfire near Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, southern France, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Securite Civile via AP)

A burned agricultural machine is pictured after a fire during France’s largest wildfire in decades in Albas, southern France, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Photos of the wildfires in Europe displacing thousands as residents join efforts to fight the flames

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