Twelve wildfires remain active across three departments in Colombia amid El Nino conditions, according to the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management. Authorities said 84 fires have been extinguished over the past seven days. (Pics/AFP)

A fast-growing wildfire near the Nevada-California border has spread rapidly toward Reno, prompting authorities to order 42,000 people to evacuate. The Hawk Fire began Saturday and had burned more than 13,000 acres (about 53 square kilometres) by Sunday. (Pics/AFP)