The sun sets early in to the smoke haze above a scorched forest. Portugal has declared a national disaster after the worst forest fires in more than two decades killed nine people, torched thousands of hectares of forest and destroyed homes.

Photo | 5 August, 2003

The sun sets early in to the smoke haze above a scorched forest. Portugal has declared a national disaster after the worst forest fires in more than two decades killed nine people, torched thousands of hectares of forest and destroyed homes.