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Added on the 19/12/2019 04:32:21 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Firefighters try to put out a blaze as regional authorities in Brazil declare a state of emergency amid "out of control fires" in the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetlands. IMAGES
Peruvian police officers in the capital Lima board a plane bound for the northern border with Ecuador, after Peru put the border under a state of emergency following the security crisis that erupted in the neighboring country. Ecuador's president has given orders to "neutralize" criminal gangs after gunmen stormed and opened fire in a TV studio, as bandits threatened random executions on a second day of terror in the country. IMAGES
More than 100 firefighters battled towering flames and thick smoke from a seven-storey blaze in central Sydney, warning that it is spreading to other buildings. IMAGES
A large cloud of smoke shrouds the north of Athens as a blaze that firefighters had hoped to control regained strength, after having destroyed large areas of pine forests. IMAGES
Greek is battling to bring raging wildfires under control on the island of Evia, as the country swelters in a record-breaking heatwave. IMAGES