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Added on the 01/08/2022 18:24:49 - Copyright : AFP EN
Aerial images show the destruction in the Bahamas after the Caribbean nation was ravaged by Hurricane Dorian. Dorian was a Category 5 hurricane -- the highest on the five-level wind scale -- when it hit the northern Bahamas, leaving a trail of destruction and killing at least 20 people. IMAGES
Firefighters and volunteers battle fires in eastern Bolivia, near Puerto Suarez and Puerto Busch. IMAGES
Wildfires hit Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state. The aerial images show wildfires in two biomes of the midwestern state: the tropical savanna (Cerrado) and its wetlands (Pantanal). IMAGES
French Ecology Minister Christophe Bechu and Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau are booed and hissed at at the Paris international Agricultural Show by around twenty people shouting "Fesneau resign" and holding up signs reading "Come back down to earth", as the two ministers are forced to leave the stand of Ademe, the French Environment and Energy Management Agency. IMAGES
With a glass of milk in hand, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal visits the Paris International Agricultural Show, in a calm that contrasts with the tumult that accompanied its inauguration on Saturday by President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says he has instructed police to show "great moderation" toward farmers who have blocked highways as part of a nationwide protest movement against agricultural policies. SOUNDBITE