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Calculated Shard: 21 (from laksa115)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa021.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/","crawl_time":1776302396,"first_indexed_time":1566841838,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,theatlantic!www,\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/ s443","src_root_hash":"13119341252700813021","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Photos: The Burning Amazon Rainforest - The Atlantic","meta_descriptions":["Images from Brazil, where more than 79,500 fires have been counted so far this year, the worst since 2010"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"For weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil’s Amazon rainforest—generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil’s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year—more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the “\nmost active fire year in that region since 2010\n.” The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing\ncriticism\nin Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days.\nEditor’s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.\nRead more\nHints:\nView this page\nfull screen\n.\nSkip to the next and previous photo by typing j\/k or ←\/→.\nA laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\n#\nJoao Laet \/ AFP \/ Getty\nRead more\nAn aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019.\n#\nCarl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\nRead more\nA burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\n#\nCarl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\nRead more\nFirefighters work to put out forest fires along the road to Jacunda National Forest near Porto Velho, in the Vila Nova Samuel region, part of Brazil's Amazon, on August 25, 2019.\n#\nEraldo Peres \/ AP\nRead more\nThis satellite image provided by NASA shows smoke from the fires in Brazil among clouds, on August 20, 2019.\n#\nNASA via AP\nRead more\nA tract in the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\n#\nUeslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\nRead more\nAn untouched jungle stands next to an area that was burned recently near Porto Velho, on August 23, 2019.\n#\nVictor R. Caivano \/ AP\nRead more\nA cow remains in a burned area after a fire in the Amazon rainforest near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, on August 25, 2019.\n#\nJoao Laet \/ AFP \/ Getty\nRead more\nPart of the Amazon rainforest burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 24, 2019.\n#\nUeslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\nRead more\nFallen trees burn near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\n#\nCarl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\nRead more\nA fire burns in a section of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil's Candeias do Jamari region on August 25, 2019.\n#\nVictor Moriyama \/ Getty\nRead more\nEmbers fly as a section of of the Amazon rainforest burns, cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 24, 2019.\n#\nUeslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\nRead more\nAn aerial view of a deforested plot of the Amazon in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\n#\nBruno Kelly \/ Reuters\nRead more\nAn aerial view of burned forest near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, photographed on August 24, 2019.\n#\nCarl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\nRead more\nCharred trunks are seen on a tract of Amazon jungle that was recently burned by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 23, 2019.\n#\nUeslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\nRead more\nActivists demonstrate during a protest against the government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the fires in the Amazon rainforest, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 23, 2019.\n#\nMauro Pimentel \/ AFP \/ Getty\nRead more\nThe Brazilian actress Sonia Braga shows her hands painted red, representing blood, during a protest in defense of the Amazon while wildfires burn in that region, in Rio de Janeiro, on August 25, 2019.\n#\nBruna Prado \/ AP\nRead more\nA protester holds a sign while attending a demonstration to demand more protection for the Amazon rainforest, in Brasilia, Brazil, on August 23, 2019. The sign reads \"Save the forest.\"\n#\nAdriano Machado \/ Reuters\nRead more\nAn activist takes part in a protest against the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, on August 25, 2019.\n#\nMauro Pimentel \/ AFP \/ Getty\nRead more\nTrees and grassland burn as an area is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\n#\nUeslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\nRead more\nA view of a burning area in the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, photographed on August 25, 2019\n#\nCarl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\nRead more\nTrees burn in a wildfire on highway margins in the city of Porto Velho on August 25, 2019.\n#\nEraldo Peres \/ AP\nRead more\nA snake is seen in a burned section of the forest near Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019.\n#\nUeslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\nRead more\nAn aerial view of a burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Porto Velho on August 22, 2019\n#\nUeslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\nRead more\nWe want to hear what you think about this article.\nSubmit a letter\nto the editor or write to\n[email protected]\n.","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#main-content)\n\n- [Sign in](https:\/\/accounts.theatlantic.com\/login\/)   [My Account](https:\/\/accounts.theatlantic.com\/accounts\/details\/)   [Subscribe](https:\/\/accounts.theatlantic.com\/products\/)\n  \n  **Quick Links**\n  \n  - [Dear Therapist](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/category\/dear-therapist\/)\n  - [Crossword Puzzle](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/free-daily-crossword-puzzle\/)\n  - [Manage Subscription](https:\/\/accounts.theatlantic.com\/)\n  \n  [Popular](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/most-popular\/)\n  \n  [Latest](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/latest\/)\n  \n  ## Sections\n  - [Politics](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/)\n  - [Ideas](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/)\n  - [Photo](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/)\n  - [Science](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/)\n  - [Culture](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/culture\/)\n  - [Podcasts](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/podcasts\/)\n  - [Health](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/)\n  - [Education](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/education\/)\n  - [Planet](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/projects\/planet\/)\n  - [Technology](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/)\n  - [Family](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/family\/)\n  - [Projects](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/projects\/)\n  - [America In Person](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/projects\/america-in-person\/)\n  - [Global](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/)\n  - [Events](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/events\/)\n  - [Books](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/books\/)\n  - [Fiction](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/category\/fiction\/)\n  - [Newsletter](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/follow-the-atlantic\/)\n  \n  ## The Atlantic Crossword\n  ![crossword promo](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/assets\/media\/files\/nav-crossword.png)\n  \n  [Play Crossword](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/free-daily-crossword-puzzle\/)\n  \n  ## The Print Edition\n  [![the latest issue of the atlantic]()](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/)\n  \n  [Latest Issue](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/) [Past Issues](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/backissues\/)\n  \n  [Give a Gift](https:\/\/accounts.theatlantic.com\/products\/gift)\n- **Quick Links**\n  \n  - [Dear Therapist](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/category\/dear-therapist\/)\n  - [Crossword Puzzle](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/free-daily-crossword-puzzle\/)\n  - [Manage Subscription](https:\/\/accounts.theatlantic.com\/)\n- [Popular](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/most-popular\/)\n- [Latest](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/latest\/)\n\n- [Sign In](https:\/\/accounts.theatlantic.com\/login\/)   [My Account](https:\/\/accounts.theatlantic.com\/accounts\/details\/)\n- [Subscribe](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/subscribe\/navbar\/)\n\n# Photos: The Burning Amazon Rainforest\n- [Alan Taylor](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/author\/alan-taylor\/ \"Alan Taylor\")\n- August 26, 2019\n- 24 Photos\n- In Focus\n\nFor weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil’s Amazon rainforest—generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil’s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year—more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the “[most active fire year in that region since 2010](https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/145498\/uptick-in-amazon-fire-activity-in-2019).” The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing [criticism](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2019\/08\/amazon-fires-are-political\/596776\/) in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. *Editor’s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.*\n\n[Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n\n**Hints:** View this page [full screen](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/). 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[\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img01)\n  \n  Joao Laet \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img02)\n  \n  Carl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img03)\n  \n  Carl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  Firefighters work to put out forest fires along the road to Jacunda National Forest near Porto Velho, in the Vila Nova Samuel region, part of Brazil's Amazon, on August 25, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img04)\n  \n  Eraldo Peres \/ AP\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  This satellite image provided by NASA shows smoke from the fires in Brazil among clouds, on August 20, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img05)\n  \n  NASA via AP\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  A tract in the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img06)\n  \n  Ueslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  An untouched jungle stands next to an area that was burned recently near Porto Velho, on August 23, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img07)\n  \n  Victor R. Caivano \/ AP\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  A cow remains in a burned area after a fire in the Amazon rainforest near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, on August 25, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img08)\n  \n  Joao Laet \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  Part of the Amazon rainforest burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img09)\n  \n  Ueslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  Fallen trees burn near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img10)\n  \n  Carl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  A fire burns in a section of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil's Candeias do Jamari region on August 25, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img11)\n  \n  Victor Moriyama \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  Embers fly as a section of of the Amazon rainforest burns, cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img12)\n  \n  Ueslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  An aerial view of a deforested plot of the Amazon in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img13)\n  \n  Bruno Kelly \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  An aerial view of burned forest near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, photographed on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img14)\n  \n  Carl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  Charred trunks are seen on a tract of Amazon jungle that was recently burned by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 23, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img15)\n  \n  Ueslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  Activists demonstrate during a protest against the government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the fires in the Amazon rainforest, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 23, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img16)\n  \n  Mauro Pimentel \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  The Brazilian actress Sonia Braga shows her hands painted red, representing blood, during a protest in defense of the Amazon while wildfires burn in that region, in Rio de Janeiro, on August 25, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img17)\n  \n  Bruna Prado \/ AP\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  A protester holds a sign while attending a demonstration to demand more protection for the Amazon rainforest, in Brasilia, Brazil, on August 23, 2019. The sign reads \"Save the forest.\" [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img18)\n  \n  Adriano Machado \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  An activist takes part in a protest against the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, on August 25, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img19)\n  \n  Mauro Pimentel \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  Trees and grassland burn as an area is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img20)\n  \n  Ueslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  A view of a burning area in the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, photographed on August 25, 2019 [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img21)\n  \n  Carl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  Trees burn in a wildfire on highway margins in the city of Porto Velho on August 25, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img22)\n  \n  Eraldo Peres \/ AP\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![]()\n  A snake is seen in a burned section of the forest near Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. 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All Rights Reserved.","attrs_readable_markdown":"For weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil’s Amazon rainforest—generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil’s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year—more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the “[most active fire year in that region since 2010](https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/145498\/uptick-in-amazon-fire-activity-in-2019).” The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing [criticism](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2019\/08\/amazon-fires-are-political\/596776\/) in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. *Editor’s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier.*\n\n[Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n\n**Hints:** View this page [full screen](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/). Skip to the next and previous photo by typing j\/k or ←\/→.\n\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/ibFN4SjZfiNhTVdm-7CUS-gd_yQ=\/900x587\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a01_1163647033\/original.jpg)\n  A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img01)\n  \n  Joao Laet \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/L5D0bdr1yZ2gc_VSk58-k9pWu1Q=\/900x600\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a02_1163390696\/original.jpg)\n  An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img02)\n  \n  Carl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/tFd_oKC7nKROkkTD6LCFH8a1x84=\/900x613\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a03_1163753360\/original.jpg)\n  A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img03)\n  \n  Carl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/vI5jcuO84GjGX-3B8o_aryby_7A=\/900x600\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a04_AP19237723023899\/original.jpg)\n  Firefighters work to put out forest fires along the road to Jacunda National Forest near Porto Velho, in the Vila Nova Samuel region, part of Brazil's Amazon, on August 25, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img04)\n  \n  Eraldo Peres \/ AP\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/-vQ4_9pqH0wLgMRL9BQq0nPOShw=\/900x647\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a05_AP19234696774486\/original.jpg)\n  This satellite image provided by NASA shows smoke from the fires in Brazil among clouds, on August 20, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img05)\n  \n  NASA via AP\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/evDkrFlhYFHjFnlNmtz-X9fuSzw=\/900x600\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a06_RTS2NQ2O\/original.jpg)\n  A tract in the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img06)\n  \n  Ueslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/jCd67RX7q4SjioyRxg4uKmrV9cE=\/900x600\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a07_AP19235723905629\/original.jpg)\n  An untouched jungle stands next to an area that was burned recently near Porto Velho, on August 23, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img07)\n  \n  Victor R. Caivano \/ AP\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/DLSd45qRnXZeKZSqw_PDLRncp60=\/900x593\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a08_1164002564\/original.jpg)\n  A cow remains in a burned area after a fire in the Amazon rainforest near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, on August 25, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img08)\n  \n  Joao Laet \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/3obe6mF42E0sCo73TSPbG4tGyEI=\/900x578\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a09_RTS2NQ4H\/original.jpg)\n  Part of the Amazon rainforest burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img09)\n  \n  Ueslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/YcUk7oI8NgjV0GCeJ8b0T2P5cm8=\/900x600\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a10_1163768970\/original.jpg)\n  Fallen trees burn near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img10)\n  \n  Carl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/ts9DmUjROCkVvnQMwf4iwtL3tCM=\/900x600\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a11_1163948525\/original.jpg)\n  A fire burns in a section of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil's Candeias do Jamari region on August 25, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img11)\n  \n  Victor Moriyama \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/jF5NC4iRhvSfZg4Za4ZEj92N6Po=\/900x600\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a13_RTS2NR0Y\/original.jpg)\n  Embers fly as a section of of the Amazon rainforest burns, cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img12)\n  \n  Ueslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/jl4p_oemKMB9ycueg1oT5DzEPlc=\/900x582\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a14_RTS2NQ73\/original.jpg)\n  An aerial view of a deforested plot of the Amazon in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img13)\n  \n  Bruno Kelly \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/yigETmrxjj8tx1Pg3wEefSfNm2M=\/900x597\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a15_1163769242\/original.jpg)\n  An aerial view of burned forest near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, photographed on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img14)\n  \n  Carl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/sqf7_o93fs5TetTbnNPTieDxdz4=\/900x600\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a16_RTS2NM47\/original.jpg)\n  Charred trunks are seen on a tract of Amazon jungle that was recently burned by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 23, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img15)\n  \n  Ueslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/dGk0Inu8He25dJLu6WF4bTwiAvI=\/900x566\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a17_1163406073\/original.jpg)\n  Activists demonstrate during a protest against the government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the fires in the Amazon rainforest, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 23, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img16)\n  \n  Mauro Pimentel \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/QZAeCeSIAVUZ01U0TYQ7YnSZjHM=\/900x600\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a18_AP19237791471947\/original.jpg)\n  The Brazilian actress Sonia Braga shows her hands painted red, representing blood, during a protest in defense of the Amazon while wildfires burn in that region, in Rio de Janeiro, on August 25, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img17)\n  \n  Bruna Prado \/ AP\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/1BXe7X9lzbFvek8iY7f38v6cRwU=\/900x600\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a19_RTS2NM6E\/original.jpg)\n  A protester holds a sign while attending a demonstration to demand more protection for the Amazon rainforest, in Brasilia, Brazil, on August 23, 2019. The sign reads \"Save the forest.\" [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img18)\n  \n  Adriano Machado \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/6oaA9sgIksFzu20pkpi45C3dQe0=\/900x606\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a20_1163951132\/original.jpg)\n  An activist takes part in a protest against the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, on August 25, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img19)\n  \n  Mauro Pimentel \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/UD3zkWCUF4x5qCWJoNqzqdxTmmg=\/900x538\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a21_RTS2NQ3S\/original.jpg)\n  Trees and grassland burn as an area is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img20)\n  \n  Ueslei Marcelino \/ Reuters\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/Isybcmif6RNpscSRIy0tam4YapY=\/900x596\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a22_1163960520\/original.jpg)\n  A view of a burning area in the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, photographed on August 25, 2019 [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img21)\n  \n  Carl De Souza \/ AFP \/ Getty\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/4ux9ZCnap8WnxgCyHWAzKaqQ__E=\/900x600\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a23_AP19238042609737\/original.jpg)\n  Trees burn in a wildfire on highway margins in the city of Porto Velho on August 25, 2019. [\\#](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/#img22)\n  \n  Eraldo Peres \/ AP\n  [Read more](https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/photo\/2019\/08\/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest\/596815\/)\n- ![](https:\/\/cdn.theatlantic.com\/thumbor\/q_JpXKAm_dh90c3jvYZH2aR2NRs=\/900x597\/media\/img\/photo\/2019\/08\/amazon\/a24_RTS2NQ4M\/original.jpg)\n  A snake is seen in a burned section of the forest near Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. 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Boilerpipe Text	For weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil’s Amazon rainforest—generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil’s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year—more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the “ most active fire year in that region since 2010 .” The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing criticism in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor’s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier. Read more Hints: View this page full screen . Skip to the next and previous photo by typing j/k or ←/→. A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019. # Joao Laet / AFP / Getty Read more An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019. # Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty Read more A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. # Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty Read more Firefighters work to put out forest fires along the road to Jacunda National Forest near Porto Velho, in the Vila Nova Samuel region, part of Brazil's Amazon, on August 25, 2019. # Eraldo Peres / AP Read more This satellite image provided by NASA shows smoke from the fires in Brazil among clouds, on August 20, 2019. # NASA via AP Read more A tract in the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. # Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters Read more An untouched jungle stands next to an area that was burned recently near Porto Velho, on August 23, 2019. # Victor R. Caivano / AP Read more A cow remains in a burned area after a fire in the Amazon rainforest near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, on August 25, 2019. # Joao Laet / AFP / Getty Read more Part of the Amazon rainforest burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 24, 2019. # Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters Read more Fallen trees burn near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. # Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty Read more A fire burns in a section of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil's Candeias do Jamari region on August 25, 2019. # Victor Moriyama / Getty Read more Embers fly as a section of of the Amazon rainforest burns, cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 24, 2019. # Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters Read more An aerial view of a deforested plot of the Amazon in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. # Bruno Kelly / Reuters Read more An aerial view of burned forest near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, photographed on August 24, 2019. # Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty Read more Charred trunks are seen on a tract of Amazon jungle that was recently burned by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 23, 2019. # Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters Read more Activists demonstrate during a protest against the government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the fires in the Amazon rainforest, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 23, 2019. # Mauro Pimentel / AFP / Getty Read more The Brazilian actress Sonia Braga shows her hands painted red, representing blood, during a protest in defense of the Amazon while wildfires burn in that region, in Rio de Janeiro, on August 25, 2019. # Bruna Prado / AP Read more A protester holds a sign while attending a demonstration to demand more protection for the Amazon rainforest, in Brasilia, Brazil, on August 23, 2019. The sign reads "Save the forest." # Adriano Machado / Reuters Read more An activist takes part in a protest against the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, on August 25, 2019. # Mauro Pimentel / AFP / Getty Read more Trees and grassland burn as an area is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. # Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters Read more A view of a burning area in the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, photographed on August 25, 2019 # Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty Read more Trees burn in a wildfire on highway margins in the city of Porto Velho on August 25, 2019. # Eraldo Peres / AP Read more A snake is seen in a burned section of the forest near Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. # Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters Read more An aerial view of a burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Porto Velho on August 22, 2019 # Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters Read more We want to hear what you think about this article. 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Brazil’s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year—more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the “[most active fire year in that region since 2010](https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145498/uptick-in-amazon-fire-activity-in-2019).” The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing [criticism](https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/08/amazon-fires-are-political/596776/) in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor’s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier. 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Readable Markdown	For weeks now, forest fires have been burning across Brazil’s Amazon rainforest—generally a normal situation in the dry season, but the fires are much worse than normal this year. Brazil’s official numbers now tally more than 79,500 fires this year—more than half of those in the Amazon, making this the “[most active fire year in that region since 2010](https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145498/uptick-in-amazon-fire-activity-in-2019).” The majority of these fires are intentional, set by farmers and ranchers to clear fields and open up land for grazing. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who promised to relax environmental protections, faces growing [criticism](https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/08/amazon-fires-are-political/596776/) in Brazil and abroad as the Amazon burns. Gathered here, images from Brazil taken over the past few days. Editor’s note: A government handout photo of an aircraft dropping water was removed from this story, after it was discovered to have been taken years earlier. [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) Hints: View this page [full screen](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/). Skip to the next and previous photo by typing j/k or ←/→. - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/ibFN4SjZfiNhTVdm-7CUS-gd_yQ=/900x587/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a01_1163647033/original.jpg) A laborer stares at a fire that spread to the farm he worked on next to a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state, in the Amazon basin in Brazil, on August 23, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img01) Joao Laet / AFP / Getty [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/L5D0bdr1yZ2gc_VSk58-k9pWu1Q=/900x600/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a02_1163390696/original.jpg) An aerial picture shows a fire on a piece of land in the Amazon rainforest, about 65 km from Porto Velho, in Brazil's Rondonia state, on August 23, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img02) Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/tFd_oKC7nKROkkTD6LCFH8a1x84=/900x613/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a03_1163753360/original.jpg) A burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img03) Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/vI5jcuO84GjGX-3B8o_aryby_7A=/900x600/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a04_AP19237723023899/original.jpg) Firefighters work to put out forest fires along the road to Jacunda National Forest near Porto Velho, in the Vila Nova Samuel region, part of Brazil's Amazon, on August 25, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img04) Eraldo Peres / AP [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/-vQ4_9pqH0wLgMRL9BQq0nPOShw=/900x647/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a05_AP19234696774486/original.jpg) This satellite image provided by NASA shows smoke from the fires in Brazil among clouds, on August 20, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img05) NASA via AP [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/evDkrFlhYFHjFnlNmtz-X9fuSzw=/900x600/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a06_RTS2NQ2O/original.jpg) A tract in the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img06) Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/jCd67RX7q4SjioyRxg4uKmrV9cE=/900x600/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a07_AP19235723905629/original.jpg) An untouched jungle stands next to an area that was burned recently near Porto Velho, on August 23, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img07) Victor R. Caivano / AP [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/DLSd45qRnXZeKZSqw_PDLRncp60=/900x593/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a08_1164002564/original.jpg) A cow remains in a burned area after a fire in the Amazon rainforest near Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil, on August 25, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img08) Joao Laet / AFP / Getty [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/3obe6mF42E0sCo73TSPbG4tGyEI=/900x578/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a09_RTS2NQ4H/original.jpg) Part of the Amazon rainforest burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 24, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img09) Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/YcUk7oI8NgjV0GCeJ8b0T2P5cm8=/900x600/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a10_1163768970/original.jpg) Fallen trees burn near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img10) Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/ts9DmUjROCkVvnQMwf4iwtL3tCM=/900x600/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a11_1163948525/original.jpg) A fire burns in a section of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil's Candeias do Jamari region on August 25, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img11) Victor Moriyama / Getty [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/jF5NC4iRhvSfZg4Za4ZEj92N6Po=/900x600/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a13_RTS2NR0Y/original.jpg) Embers fly as a section of of the Amazon rainforest burns, cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 24, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img12) Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/jl4p_oemKMB9ycueg1oT5DzEPlc=/900x582/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a14_RTS2NQ73/original.jpg) An aerial view of a deforested plot of the Amazon in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img13) Bruno Kelly / Reuters [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/yigETmrxjj8tx1Pg3wEefSfNm2M=/900x597/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a15_1163769242/original.jpg) An aerial view of burned forest near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil, photographed on August 24, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img14) Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/sqf7_o93fs5TetTbnNPTieDxdz4=/900x600/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a16_RTS2NM47/original.jpg) Charred trunks are seen on a tract of Amazon jungle that was recently burned by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho on August 23, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img15) Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/dGk0Inu8He25dJLu6WF4bTwiAvI=/900x566/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a17_1163406073/original.jpg) Activists demonstrate during a protest against the government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the fires in the Amazon rainforest, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 23, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img16) Mauro Pimentel / AFP / Getty [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/QZAeCeSIAVUZ01U0TYQ7YnSZjHM=/900x600/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a18_AP19237791471947/original.jpg) The Brazilian actress Sonia Braga shows her hands painted red, representing blood, during a protest in defense of the Amazon while wildfires burn in that region, in Rio de Janeiro, on August 25, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img17) Bruna Prado / AP [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/1BXe7X9lzbFvek8iY7f38v6cRwU=/900x600/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a19_RTS2NM6E/original.jpg) A protester holds a sign while attending a demonstration to demand more protection for the Amazon rainforest, in Brasilia, Brazil, on August 23, 2019. The sign reads "Save the forest." [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img18) Adriano Machado / Reuters [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/6oaA9sgIksFzu20pkpi45C3dQe0=/900x606/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a20_1163951132/original.jpg) An activist takes part in a protest against the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, on August 25, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img19) Mauro Pimentel / AFP / Getty [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/UD3zkWCUF4x5qCWJoNqzqdxTmmg=/900x538/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a21_RTS2NQ3S/original.jpg) Trees and grassland burn as an area is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img20) Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/Isybcmif6RNpscSRIy0tam4YapY=/900x596/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a22_1163960520/original.jpg) A view of a burning area in the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, photographed on August 25, 2019 [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img21) Carl De Souza / AFP / Getty [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/4ux9ZCnap8WnxgCyHWAzKaqQ__E=/900x600/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a23_AP19238042609737/original.jpg) Trees burn in a wildfire on highway margins in the city of Porto Velho on August 25, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img22) Eraldo Peres / AP [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/q_JpXKAm_dh90c3jvYZH2aR2NRs=/900x597/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a24_RTS2NQ4M/original.jpg) A snake is seen in a burned section of the forest near Porto Velho, Brazil, on August 24, 2019. [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img23) Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/) - ![](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/8y_R0SpWpyaG9rnt0LP_-Xife84=/900x600/media/img/photo/2019/08/amazon/a25_RTS2NHDK/original.jpg) An aerial view of a burned section of the Amazon rainforest, photographed near Porto Velho on August 22, 2019 [\#](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/#img24) Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters [Read more](https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/photos-burning-amazon-rainforest/596815/)
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