Global lens: Greece reels from raging wildfires

In a forest near Alexandroupolis, the authorities on Tuesday recovered the charred bodies of 18 people, including two minors, who had lost their lives in the flames. Local authorities said they believed the victims may be migrants who had entered the country illegally.

"We mourn for their loss, for the irreparable losses suffered by our fellow citizens, and for the destruction of nature, and we are grieving over our inability to prevent it," Greece's President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said in an e-mailed statement.

Xinhua