During the month of July 2021, several north Tunisian regions - Fernanah, Ain-Drahim, Kasserine, Bizerte - have been swept by wildfires, with at least 3,100 hectares of forests having burned. This figure is double from what it had been for the previous year.
During the summer, when the Saharan winds increase, temperatures in North Africa rise by 7°C which, tied to a new temperature record at 50.3°C, has caused an increase in seasonal wildfires.
These fires have caused many villagers to lose their farming fields, olive trees, bees, cattle and even their homes. Magnum photographer Zied Ben Romdhane...