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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva poses for a family photo with leaders of countries attending the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) summit in Belem, in Northern Brazil. The eight countries have agreed to launch an alliance to fight deforestation in the Amazon, vowing to stop the world's biggest rainforest from reaching "a point of no return." IMAGES
South Americans leaders participating to the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization pose for a family picture on the opening day of the summit. IMAGES
"We believe that it is very important and deserving that the world recognises that South America has contributed and continues to contribute to world football," says CONMEBOL President Alejandro Dominguez in an event at Montevideo's Estadio Centenario as Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile launch a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup, 100 years on from the first tournament which was played in Uruguay. SOUNDBITE
People gather at the site of a collision between two passenger trains, which injured 95 people in the south of the Tunisian capital Tunis. IMAGES
Doral, Aug 17 (EFE/EPA).- US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) hosted on Tuesday its annual South America Defense Conference (SOUTHDEC) at its Doral headquarters, with defense leaders from six South American nations attending in person and five participating virtually. (Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA). SHOT LIST: US SOUTHERN COMMAND'S COMMANDER, NAVY ADMIRAL CRAIG FALLE, SPEAKS AT ANNUAL SOUTH AMERICA DEFENSE CONFERENCE (SOUTHDEC) AT THE US SOUTHERN COMMAND HEADQUARTERS IN DORAL, FLORIDA, US.SOUND BITES: US SOUTHERN COMMAND'S COMMANDER, NAVY ADMIRAL CRAIG FALLE.