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Images of firefighters battling a forest fire in Argentina's Nahuel Huapi National Park. More than 3,000 hectares of native forest in southern Argentina haved burned in an uncontrolled fire that started on January 25 for reasons under investigation, provincial authorities have reported. IMAGES
Firefighters attempt to put out wildfires that have broken out in the Cerros Orientales, causing smoky conditions in the Colombian capital of Bogota. IMAGES
The head of the International Energy Agency urges the United States and China to put aside their 'tensions' and align on climate change, warning in an interview that geopolitical fractures risked holding back the clean energy transition. Speaking at the African Climate Summit in Nairobi, Fatih Birol told AFP that these international rifts, partly stoked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, are “becoming more and more pronounced”. SOUNDBITE
A video published by the Ukrainian State Emergency Service show firefighters putting out a fire at a residential building in Lviv. Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said "many missiles were shot down", but that "residential buildings got hit" in the strike. "Fortunately, there were no casualties. Unfortunately, there is a lot of damage," he said on Telegram. "More than 100 apartments were damaged, more than 500 windows were broken, and a kindergarten was destroyed" after a missile flew into its yard, he said. He said four people were wounded but "there is no threat to their lives". IMAGES
UGC images of firefighting planes Canadair and Dash flying over a thick plume of smoke as fire rages in the Pyrénées Orientales region, in the commune of Saint-André, France. IMAGES UGC
Images published by Italy’s fire and rescue service show firefighters attempting to put out a fire at the Bellolampo landfill in Sicily's Palermo. IMAGES
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