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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
Firefighters from the ICMBio (Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation), Brazil's federal protected areas agency, use helicopters and make firebreaks to combat a blaze in the Amazon rainforest. Nearly 3,000 forest fires were registered in the Brazilian Amazon in February 2024, the highest for any February since records began in 1999, and made more likely by climate change, according to experts. IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron arrives at the presidential palace in Brasilia where he is received by his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Macron's three-day state visit to Brazil ends on a more political note, with the focus on his disagreement with his counterpart Lula over Ukraine. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives on the island of Combu off the coast of Belem, in the Brazilian Amazon, with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Macron has promised to discuss closer cooperation in the fight against illegal gold mining with Brazil, where he begins an emblematic state visit lasting almost three days following his trip to French Guiana. IMAGES
Images of a plane in the Brazilian Amazon after fourteen people were killed in a crash while trying to land in stormy weather in the tourist town of Barcelos, leaving no survivors. IMAGES
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomes Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to the Palazzo Chigi in Rome, with the Brazilian leader due to visit France next. The veteran leftist has been in diplomatic hyperdrive since taking office, making Brazil a key global player again -- but stoking controversy with some of his stances, including on Ukraine and Venezuela. IMAGES
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