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Added on the 05/02/2024 23:24:52 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
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
Images show smoldering flames and roads packed with traffic as wildfires break out in West Kelowna, Canada. In British Columbia an evacuation order had already been put in place for the city, which was already under threat as more than 1,000 wildfires burn in the country as of Thursday. IMAGES
Buenos Aires, May 28 (EFE).- Argentina continues to feel the impact of a second coronavirus wave as it readies to host the Copa America soccer tournament, with new confirmed cases hitting a record daily high this week despite the enactment of stringent health measures.South America's soccer championship, which is scheduled to begin on June 13, was to have been jointly hosted by Argentina and Colombia. But due to the complicated health situation and social unrest in that latter country, Argentina has taken sole responsibility and now is evaluating how to safely put on the event. (Camera: ALBERTO CARATOZZOLO).SHOT LIST: HEALTH AUTHORITIES COLLECT NASAL SWAB SAMPLES FROM CITIZENS TO TEST FOR COVID-19 IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.
Hundreds of ecologists take to the streets of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires to protest against large-scale mining and fracking, on the occasion of World Water Day. IMAGES
The moon blocks out the sun as it passes between the star and Earth, causing a total solar eclipse and plunging southern Argentina and Chile into darkness, amid cheers and applause from scientists and observers gathered in Argentina's Neuquen province. IMAGES