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Two firefighters are worn out after battling a wildfire off Foster School Road near Needville, Texas, on Sept. 7. Patric Schneider/The Courier/AP
A panoramic view taken aboard the International Space Station (ISS) of east-central Texas on Sept. 6 shows numerous smoke plumes caused by wildfires burning across the state. Nasa Earth Observatory/Handout/Reuters
An area destroyed by wildfire surrounds a water tower in Bastrop, Texas, on Sept. 7. The fire has destroyed more than 600 homes and blackened about 45 square miles in and around Bastrop. A search team will begin looking for more possible victims of the fire, which has killed two people and forced thousands to evacuate. Eric Gay/AP
A row of homes destroyed by wildfires is pictured in Bastrop, Texas, on Sept. 7. Eric Gay/AP
Firefighters from around the state battle a large wildfire on Highway 71 near Smithville, Texas, on Sept. 5. A roaring wildfire raced unchecked through rain-starved farm and ranchland in Texas, destroying nearly 500 homes during a rapid advance fanned in part by howling winds from the remnants of tropical storm Lee. Erich Schlegel/AP
A fire rages near Highway 71 east of Bastrop, Texas, on Sept. 5. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/AP
Firefighters from Smithville Fire Department battle a large wildfire on Highway 71 near Smithville, Texas, on Sept. 5. Erich Schlegel/AP
A series of large wildfires are seen heading east approaching Bastrop, Texas, on Sept. 5. Erich Schlegel/AP
Firefighters working with the Standing Rock team from North Dakota extinguish hot spots along the fire line established in the hills of Possum Kingdom in Austin, Texas, on April 24. Andrew Torrey/The Daily Texan/AP
A boat trailer and burned trees are all that are left in this field at Gaines Bend at Possum Kingdom Lake as officials still try to deal with the wildfires and their aftermath in Palo Pinto County west of Fort Worth, Texas, on April 21. Rodger Mallison/Star-Telegram/AP
A wildfire threatens a house near Possum Kingdom, Texas, on April 19. The fire is the fifth in Texas to have burned at least 100,000 acres in the past two weeks. Most of the state is in extreme drought, and wildfires in the past week alone have burned more than 1,000 square miles of parched Texas ranchland. LM Otero/AP
Smoke rises from an uncontrolled wildfire burning near Possum Kingdom, Texas, on April 19. LM Otero/AP
In this aerial photo, damage from wildfires can be seen near Possum Kingdom Lake where homes have been destroyed in the recreational area about 70 miles west of Fort Worth, Texas on April 19. David Woo/The Dallas Morning News/AP
Residents of southwest Austin returned to their homes on April 18, a day after being evacuated due to a massive wildfire in Austin, Texas. The fire damaged at least 21 homes. April Castro/AP
Austin firefighters work at a home that burned to the ground in Austin, Texas, during a wildfire on April 17. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/AP
An emergency worker watches a Travis Co. Star Flight helicopter after it dropped water on a wildfire that destroyed homes in southwest Austin, Texas, on April 17. Jack Plunkett/AP
Smoke billows from a wildfire in Austin, Texas, on April 17. Jack Plunkett/AP
A firefighting plane makes a drop near a destroyed house in Austin, Texas, during a wildfire on April 17. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/AP
A Travis Co. Star Flight helicopter drops water on a wildfire in Austin, Texas, on April 17. Jack Plunkett/AP
Stonewall County Volunteer Fire Department volunteer Lance Morgan fights a wildfire to prevent it from reaching a tank battery in northern Stonewall County, Texas, on April 8. Victor Cristales/The Abilene Reporter-News/AP
Stonewall County Volunteer Fire Department firefighter Chad Hays douses a wildfire and holds tight to a firetruck as it races to get ahead of the fast-moving flames of a wildfire in northern Stonewall County, Texas, on April 8. Victor Cristales/The Abilene Reporter-News/AP
An uncontrolled wildfire burns near Fort Davis, Texas, on April 10. A fast-moving wildfire had spread to more than 60,000 acres in Presidio County and Jeff Davis County, where it destroyed about 20 homes in Fort Davis. Billy Marginot/AP
Stonewall County Sheriff Bill Mullen lights a backfire in northern Stonewall County, Texas, in hopes that it connects with the larger fire burning further north, on April 8. Victor Cristales/The Abilene Reporter-News/AP
A wildfire burns east of Highway 83 in northern Stonewall County, Texas, on April 8. Victor Cristales, The Abilene Reporter-News/AP
A home destroyed by fire is shown as an uncontrolled wildfire burns in the background in Fort Davis, Texas, on April 10. Billy Marginot/AP
A home and vehicles destroyed by wildfire are shown in Fort Davis, Texas, on April 10. Billy Marginot/AP
A Texas Forest Service helicopter drops water on a wildfire burning east of Highway 83 in northern Stonewall County, Texas, on April 8. Victor Cristales/The Abilene Reporter-News/AP
A Texas Forest Service airplane drops fire retardant on a wildfire in northern Stonewall County, Texas, on April 8. Victor Cristales/The Abilene Reporter-News/AP
A wildfire burns east of Highway 83 in northern Stonewall County, Texas, on April 8. Victor Cristales/The Abilene Reporter-News/AP
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/21
In Pictures: Sinkholes around the world
In Pictures: What happened to the green revolution in Iran?
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/20
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: The Israeli separation barrier: A West Bank wall
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
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Officials in Brussels and Washington may view China’s global shopping spree with alarm, as the Asian power house continues to buy up companies, sovereign debt, ports, and bridges around the world. But the Greeks are already dusting off the red carpet.
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