The wildfires that have raged in Europe, Africa and North America in recent days have provided some dramatic front pages for newspapers across the world.
Among the worst fires have been in Portugal, where the Correio de Manhã has a front page headline reading “Panic and despair”.
In neighbouring Spain, the ABC newspaper declares an “Avalanche of fires out of control”.
The Observer splashes on a warning from Alok Sharma, the Tory cabinet minister who led last year’s landmark Cop26 UN climate summit, that he may resign if the incoming prime minister fails to commit to net zero plans.
Tomorrow’s front page pic.twitter.com/1JXdXx4vrX
— The Observer (@ObserverUK) July 16, 2022
17/ Spain pic.twitter.com/JNhkvcIxO5
— Simon Evans (@DrSimEvans) July 17, 2022
The Daily Mirror saying the British PM is having another party while the UK scorches, and has the headline “Boris’ heatrave”.
Tomorrow’s front page: Boris' Heatrave #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/pwdiwuGLxg pic.twitter.com/ZA0gHhQ1EU
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) July 16, 2022
A stark image on the front of Croatian newspaper 24sata shows the normally idyllic Dalmation coast with the simple headline “hell”.
Simon Evans, deputy editor of Carbon Brief, tweeted out a string of the front pages after noticing how many outlets had devoted their main coverage to the issue.
“We spend a lot of time tracking global media coverage, so I knew the current record-breaking heat was widespread,” he said.
“But even I was shocked at just how many newspapers around the world have highlighted this climate change-fuelled collective crisis of heatwaves and wildfires in recent days.”
17/ Spain pic.twitter.com/JNhkvcIxO5
— Simon Evans (@DrSimEvans) July 17, 2022
In Greece, the paper Kathimerini has been reporting on wildfires that have again lit the country in flames.
Firefighters battle new flare-ups in Crete https://t.co/Cak3t4MzuV pic.twitter.com/lNw674Brf0
— Kathimerini English Edition (@ekathimerini) July 16, 2022
French newspaper Libèration also urges the public of the foreboding effects of climate change and fast-rising temperatures.
À la une de @libe ce mercredi :
— Libération (@libe) July 12, 2022
🔴 Dérèglement climatique : on continue comme ça ? https://t.co/nj2k4mQp7h pic.twitter.com/EJo7Xom9ms
From the Turkish Milliyet, readers are confronted with the “Red nightmare” that terrorises the country.
Canada suffered some of its worst ever fires last year and they are back again this year with a large blaze burning near the town of Lytton, the Vancouver Sun reports, which was destroyed in 2021’s disaster.
Rising temperatures are also causing alarm in Asia, where the Global Times has this front page.
