Fires and smoke ravage parts of Amazon

Thousands of fires continue to devastate the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest. Tens of thousands of forest fires have been recorded in the Amazon during this year's dry season.

Brazil's new far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has argued that the forest needs to be exploited, and Indian reservations vastly reduced. But the reaction has been particularly strong against the Bolsonaro administration, which has acknowledged it does not have the resources to put out the fires. Most of the Amazon is located in Brazil, but significant parts are also located in Colombia and Peru, where fires have also been detected.