ByTom Bennett and the Visual Journalism team
Wildfires are tearing through France and Spain, forcing more than 300,000 people to evacuate their homes.
France has seen its worst wildfires in two decades, while officials in the Spanish capital Madrid say the fires are the worst the region has ever experienced.
It follows a sweltering summer of heatwaves across Europe that have seen temperatures soar above 40C (104F) in many places.
Separate wildfires in the regions outside Madrid have together burned about 297 sq miles (770 sq km), authorities estimate – an area
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