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Having come through Covid-19, Singapore, like any other country, is once again being tested amid geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainties, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. - Facebook

A picture taken on Aug 19, 2023 from the municipality of La Victoria de Acentejo, in the Guimar valley on the Canary Island of Tenerife, shows the smoke billowing from the forest fire on the northern peaks of the island. (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP)

Picture shows a forest in El Rosario after being ravaged by a wildfire raging in the interior of the Canary island of Tenerif. - Photo by Desiree Martin / AFP

This screengrab from a video provided by Jordan Straker shows vehicles driving on the freeway as people evacuate from Yellowkife, Northwest Territories, Canada, on Aug 16, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Straker / UGC / AFP)

Burned cars line the street in a neighbourhood on Aug 17, 2023 in Lahaina, Hawaii. - Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / AFP

This screengrab from a video provided by Jordan Straker shows vehicles driving on the freeway as people evacuate from Yellowkife, Northwest Territories, Canada, on Aug 16, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Straker / UGC / AFP)

Volunteers prepare free meals to donate to West Maui families affected by wildfires, at the University of Hawaii Maui College in Kahului, central Maui, Hawaii on August 13, 2023 - AFP

Some residents who fled the flames have also expressed anger at a roadblock put up preventing them from returning to their homes.

An aerial image taken on August 10, 2023 shows destroyed homes and buildings burned to the ground in Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii. - Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP

CORRECTION / TOPSHOT - Burned cars, destroyed buildings and homes are pictured in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on Aug 11, 2023. (Photo by Paula RAMON / AFP)