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PHOTO GALLERY: Algeria devastated by fires




An Algerian man watches as forest fires sweep woodland in the Ait Daoud area of northern Algeria, on August 13, 2021. AFP

Burnt woodland surrounds a mountain town due to forest fires in the Ait Daoud area of northern Algeria, on August 13, 2021. AFP

Algerian firefighters battle a forest fire engulfing woodland in the Ait Daoud area of northern Algeria, on August 13, 2021. AFP

Algerians inspect the damage at their home due to forest fires in the Ait Daoud area of northern Algeria, on August 13, 2021. AFP

A French firefighting plane restocks with water off the coast of the city of Bejaia, some 220 km east of the capital Algiers, as they help fight forest fires in Algeria on August 13, 2021. AFP

An Algerian woman inspects the damage at her home due to forest fires in the Ait Daoud area of northern Algeria, on August 13, 2021. AFP

An Algerian man inspects the damage at his home due to forest fires in the Ait Daoud area of northern Algeria, on August 13, 2021. AFP

An Algerian woman inspects the damage at her home due to forest fires in the Ait Daoud area of northern Algeria, on August 13, 2021. AFP

Smoke billows during a forest fire engulfing woodland in the Ait Daoud area of northern Algeria, on August 13, 2021. AFP

Smoke billows during a forest fire engulfing woodland in the Ait Daoud area of northern Algeria, on August 13, 2021. AFP

Volunteers attempt to put out a fire in the forested hills of the Kabylie region, east of the Algerian capital Algiers, on August 12, 2021. - Blazes raged across northern Algeria as the country observed a national day of mourning for dozens of people killed in the latest wildfires to sweep the Mediterranean. AFP

Firemen work near the village of Toudja during fires in the Kabyle region, east of Algiers, Friday, Aug.13, 2021. AP

A French water-dumping aircraft dumps water on a fire near the village of Toudja, in the Kabyle region, East of Algiers, Friday, Aug.13, 2021. Dozens of fires began devouring forested mountainsides in the Berber region of Kabyle Monday. The President declared a three-day mourning period to honor the lives lost. AP