Forest Fires Rages In Indonesia
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WHAT IT SHOWS: A villager firefighter extinguish the fire on burned house and fields on September 13, 2019 in Pulang Pisau regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Illegal blazes to clear land for agricultural plantations have raged across Indonesia's Sumatra and Borneo islands as recent satellite data showed that the number of forest fires have jumped sharply, adding concerns on the smog across South-East Asia and the impact of increasing wildfires outbreaks worldwide due to global warming.
Photo by
Ulet Ifansasti
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