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The presidents of Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador arrive for a regional summit on fires that have devastated the Amazon, which are also being attended by representatives of Brazil, Suriname and Guyana. IMAGES
Indigenous peoples from Amazon countries and members of social movements take part in the March of the Peoples of the Earth for the Amazon in Belem, as the northern Brazilian city hosts a two-day meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) to chart an ambitious roadmap to save the Amazon rainforest. IMAGES
South American leaders arrive at the Amazon summit in Belem to set out bold solutions to save the damaged Amazon the world's biggest rainforest. IMAGES
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, widely criticized over policies that favor deforestation and a delayed reaction to the wildfires, appears via videoconference to participate in a regional summit on fires that have devastated the Amazon. IMAGES
AERIAL SHOTS of fires in the Brazilian Amazon as the rainforest has recorded more than 42,000 forest fires from January 1 to August 19, according to the INPE, the worst number in nearly two decades. IMAGES