The deaths on Crete brought a fatal new dimension to a wildfire emergency stretching from the Atlantic coast to the eastern Mediterranean. At the peak of the evacuations, a third of a million people were driven from homes and vacation sites in France and Spain

Mount Olympus, the legendary home of the 12 Olympian gods in Greek mythology, is set to be considered for inclusion on UNESCO's World Heritage List as a mixed cultural and natural site. The proposal will be discussed during the World Heritage Committee meeting in Busan, South Korea