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People crowd near a fountain at the Alexandrovsky Garden just outside the Kremlin in Moscow, on July 27. A heat wave has hit central Russia breaking temperature records for the last 130 years. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
Local residents look at a heavy smog from a peat fire in a forest near the town of Shatura, Russia, on July 29. Peat swamps started burning in central Russia following an unprecedented heat wave. Sergey Ponomarev/AP
Watermelons are seen in front of the ruins of a burnt house on the outskirts of the Russian city of Voronezh on July 30. Forest fires swept across central Russia, forcing the evacuation of thousands during the hottest summer since records began 130 years ago. Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
Dry grass burns near the village of Mokhovoe, Russia, which was destroyed by a forest fire on July 30. The fires have spread quickly across more than 200,000 acres in recent days after a record heat wave and severe drought that has plagued Russia for weeks. Ilya Varlamov/AP
A firefighter works to extinguish fire at a building outside the town of Vyksa, Russia, on July 29. Fires have spread through central Russia, fuelled by strong winds and record temperatures, the Emergencies Ministry said. Mikhail Voskresensky/Reuters
A general view shows debris of a burnt building outside the town of Vyksa, Russia, on July 29. Mikhail Voskresensky/Reuters
Flames travel along the floor of a forest as it burns near a suburb of the town of Voronezh, Russia, on Aug. 1. Hundreds of new fires broke out in Russian forests and fields that have been dried to a crisp by drought and record heat. Mikhail Metzel/AP
Ruins of houses destroyed by last week's fires in the village of Kadanok, Russia, are seen here on Aug. 3. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
Firefighters try to extinguish a forest fire near the town of Elektrogorsk, Russia, on Aug. 3. Tens of thousands of troops and volunteers were helping some 10,000 firefighters battle blazes in more than a dozen western Russian provinces, seven of which were under a state of emergency. Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said Aug. 5 that there were 246 fires burning on a total of 310,000 acres. Sergey Ponomarev/AP
Teenagers jump into fountains to cool themselves in Alexandrovsky Garden just outside the Kremlin in Moscow on Aug. 4. Sergey Ponomarev/AP
A Russian Emergency Ministry helicopter spews seawater onto a burning land-fill area in the village of Loo near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on Aug. 4. Firefighters tried to extinguish the fire at a sanitation site in the village of Loo, the only operating dump of the the Black Sea resort of Sochi, the state news agency RIA Novosti reported. Igor Yakunin/AP
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin shakes hands with a firefighter in a burned forest at Voronezh, Russia, on Aug. 4. Wildfires have wiped out Russian forests, villages, and a military base, sending the thickest blanket of smog yet over Moscow. Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti/AP
Moscow's St. Basil's Cathedral is seen through the heavy smog covering Moscow, Russia, early Aug. 6, as tourists visit. Temperatures up to 100 F. have exacerbated forest and peat bog fires across Russia's central and western regions, destroying close to 2,000 homes. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
A forest fire spreads near the village of Verkhnyaya Vereya, Russia, on Aug. 7. Nearly 600 separate blazes were burning nationwide Saturday, mainly across western Russia, according to the Emergencies Ministry, which said that the area affected had increased over the past 24 hours. Hundreds of forest and peat bog fires have ignited amid the country's most intense heat wave in 130 years of record-keeping. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
A newly married couple celebrated their wedding despite the deep layer of smog from wildfires covering the ancient Russian city of Ryazan on Aug. 7. Sergey Ponomarev/AP
Birds over the Assumption Cathedral at sunset on Aug. 7 fly through a smog caused by wildfires in Moscow region. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
Residents search for their belongings and remove burnt items amidst the debris of their burnt houses, with heavy smog shrouding the village of Laskovo, Russia, on Aug. 8. Forest and peat fires caused by the highest temperatures ever registered in Russia have made more than 4,000 homeless, diverted many flights, and forced Muscovites to wear masks to filter out foul air. Denis Sinyakov/Reuters
A resident works to extinguish flames after grass was set on fire to form a barrier for new wildfire outbursts, outside the village of Korovino, Russia, on Aug. 8. Mikhail Voskresensky/Reuters
Young American tourists, no name or details given, brave the thick blanket of smog covering Moscow as they visit Red Square on Aug. 8, with St. Basil's cathedral in the background. A suffocating smog from wildfires hung over the Russian capital, raising the concentration of dangerous pollutants to an unprecedented new high as exasperated residents donned masks and dozens of flights were delayed or diverted at the city's airports. Pavel Golovkin/AP
A man, wearing a mask to protect himself from the smog, walks along a street in central Moscow on Aug. 9. Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters
Children enjoy water jets as they play in a fountain to cool off in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Aug. 10. Maria Turchenkova/AP
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is reflected in screens on the control board as he sits in the co-pilot's seat at the cockpit of an Emergencies Ministry amphibian multirole jet dropping water over forest fires in the Ryazan region of Russia, on Aug. 10. Putin joined the crew of a firefighting airplane Tuesday to observe, and helped put out two of the hundreds of wildfires that are sweeping western Russia and cloaking Moscow in suffocating smog. Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti/AP
A helicopter carries water before releasing it over a forest fire near the settlement of Kustarevka in the Ryazan region of Russia. Russia's deadly summer heat wave will weaken a recovery from last year's slump, economists predicted on Tuesday as wildfires raged on in several provinces and forecasters said sweltering weather won't abate this week. Denis Sinyakov/Reuters
A crew member looks out of a helicopter at a forest fire near the settlement of Kustarevka in the Ryazan region of Russia, on Aug. 10. Denis Sinyakov/Reuters
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