Firefighters battled blazes across Turkey on Monday as the country sweltered in a summer heatwave across much of the Mediterranean, with wildfires leading to at least 14 deaths in the country in the past week.

Firefighters in Turkey and Albania are battling multiple wildfires after days of record-breaking heat across the Mediterranean. Dozens of villages were evacuated, and temperatures soared past 50°C, highlighting the region’s escalating climate vulnerability.

By Ayhan Uyanik BILECIK, Turkey/NICOSIA (Reuters) -Firefighters battled multiple wildfires across Turkey and Cyprus on Thursday that have scorched swathes of land, forced the evacuation of towns and villages and killed 10 firefighters in central Turkey amid a searing Mediterranean heatwave.