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Drone images of Amazon forest affected by wildfires in Brazil's Rondonia state. IMAGES
A cloud of smoke can be seen over part of the Amazon forest in southeast Peru, near the city of Puerto Maldonado. IMAGES
Smoke cloud from Amazon wildfires covers Acre state capital Rio Branco. IMAGES
Firefights combat wildfires in Brazil's Acre state Amazon forest. IMAGES
Climate change activists with the Extinction Rebellion group protest outside the Brazilian embassy in London to denounce the inaction of Jair Bolsonaro's government on Amazon deforestation and on fighting the fires ravaging the rainforest for weeks. Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year -- the highest number for any year since 2013. Most were in the Amazon. IMAGES