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Wildfires rage across the Amazon

Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy.

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Wildfires rage across the Amazon

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  1. Wildfires rage across the Amazon

  2. An aerial view shows smoke rising over a deforested plot of the Amazon jungle in Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, in this August 24, 2019 picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/UesleiMarcelino

  3. A tract of the Amazon jungle burning as it is being cleared by loggers and farmers in Canarana, Mato Grosso state, Brazil August 26, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Landau

  4. A tract of Amazon jungle burning as it is being cleared by loggers and farmers in Canarana, Mato Grosso state, Brazil August 26, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Landau

  5. A tract of the Amazon jungle burning is seen in Canarana, Mato Grosso state, Brazil August 26, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Landau

  6. A burning tract of the Amazon jungle is seen in Canarana, Mato Grosso state, Brazil August 26, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Landau

  7. A tract of the Amazon jungle burning is seen in Canarana, Mato Grosso state, Brazil August 26, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Landau

  8. A tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil August 24, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  9. An aerial view of forest fire of the Amazon taken with a drone is seen from an Indigenous territory in the state of Mato Grosso, in Brazil, August 23. Marizilda Cruppe/Amnesty International/Handout via REUTERS

  10. A tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil August 24. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  11. Firefighters extinguish a fire in Amazon jungle in Porto Velho, Brazil August 25. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

  12. A snake is seen while a tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil August 24. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  13. An aerial view of a deforested plot of the Amazon in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil August 24. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

  14. A burning tract of Amazon jungle is pictured in Porto Velho, Brazil August 25. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

  15. A tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil August 24. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  16. A car drives past a burning tract of Amazon jungle in Porto Velho, Brazil August 25. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

  17. A tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil August 24. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  18. A tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil August 24. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  19. Firefighters walk at a burnt tract of Amazon jungle during an operation to combat fires in Amazon jungle in Porto Velho, Brazil August 25. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

  20. A tract of Amazon jungle burns in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil August 24. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

  21. An aerial view of forest fire of the Amazon taken with a drone is seen from an Indigenous territory in the state of Mato Grosso, in Brazil, August 23. Marizilda Cruppe/Amnesty International/Handout via REUTERS

  22. The carcass of a cow lies along a tract of the Amazon jungle as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil August 24. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  23. A tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil August 24. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  24. An aerial view of a tract of the Amazon jungle burning as it is being cleared by loggers and farmers in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil August 24. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

  25. A tract of Amazon jungle is seen after a fire in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil August 24. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

  26. An aerial view of a deforested plot of the Amazon in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil August 24. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

  27. Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil, Brazil August 17, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  28. Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, Brazil August 21. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  29. A man works in a burning tract of Amazon jungle as it is being cleared by loggers and farmers in Iranduba, Amazonas state, Brazil August 20. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

  30. A tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared in Iranduba, Amazonas state, Brazil August 22. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

  31. Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil, Brazil August 14. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  32. A satellite image shows smoke rising from Amazon rainforest fires in the State of Rondonia, just southwest of Porto Velho, Brazil in the upper Amazon River basin on August 15. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS

  33. A tract of Amazon jungle burns as it is being cleared by loggers and farmers in Novo Airao, Amazonas state, Brazil August 21. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

  34. A tract of Amazon jungle burning as it is being cleared by loggers and farmers in Iranduba, Amazonas state, Brazil August 20. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

  35. An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, Brazil August 21. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  36. A charred trunk is seen on a tract of Amazon jungle that was recently burned by loggers and farmers in Iranduba, Amazonas state, Brazil August 20. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

  37. Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, Brazil August 21. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  38. Fires, burning in the Amazon Rainforest, are pictured from space, captured by the geostationary weather satellite GOES-16, August 21. NASA/NOAA/Handout via REUTERS

  39. Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, Brazil August 21. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  40. Indigenous people from the Mura tribe show a deforested area in unmarked indigenous lands inside the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 20. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  41. A sawmill worker works on a tree extracted from the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 19. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  42. An Indigenous named Pedro Mura from the Mura tribe reacts in front of a deforested area in nondemarcated indigenous land, inside the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 20. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  43. Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, Brazil August 21. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

  44. An aerial view of logs illegally cut from Amazon rainforest are seen in sawmills near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 22. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

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