Algeria residents mourn neighbours lost in wildfire aftermath
Residents of Algeria’s northeastern Jijel province are inspecting the aftermath of wildfires.
![A wildfire burns through a forest in Jijel, Algeria, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. [AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image-1787894277.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Residents of Algeria’s northeastern Jijel province are inspecting the aftermath of wildfires.
![A wildfire burns through a forest in Jijel, Algeria, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. [AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image-1787894277.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![FILE PHOTO: Members of the Civil Protection team, which works to help mitigate the spread of the Ebola virus, wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), disinfect after handling the body of an unidentified man, who according to his family, died of Ebola, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 10, 2026. [Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters/File Photo]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image-1787884401.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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