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Seaman Boatswains Mate Malik El-Leissy views a burning fire from HMAS Adelaide as the ship arrives at Eden, NSW, Australia, during Operation Bushfire Assist 2020, January 5, 2020. Picture taken January 5, 2020/ Australian Department of Defence Handout via Reuters
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Australia readies as renewed bushfire threat looms, economic costs soar

Fires have razed more than 8 million hectares (19.8 million acres) of land across Australia killing 25 people and destroying or damaging thousands of homes

A satellite image shows wildfires burning east of Obrost, Victoria, Australia January 4, 2020. Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies/Handout via Reuters.
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Australia begins damage assessment amid temporary respite from bushfires

The icy white glaciers in New Zealand's South Island have turned brown after being exposed to smoke, dust and ash from the deadly Australian bushfire crisis. Photo: Twitter/Fabulousmonster
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New Zealand glaciers ‘could melt faster because of Australia’s bushfires’

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a press conference on the governments' bushfire response at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, January 5, 2020. AAP Image/Lukas Coch via REUTERS
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Australian Prime Minister Morrison defends bushfire crisis response

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US singer Pink pledges $500K to fight Australia wildfires

Thick plumes of smoke rise from bushfires at the coast of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia January 4, 2020 in this aerial picture taken from AMSA Challenger jet/ Australian Maritime Safety Authority Handout via Reuters
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Bushfires rage out of control across southeast Australia

The haze from bushfires obscures the sun setting above the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, December 6, 2019/ Reuters
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Australia's bushfires ravage tourism industry

A vehicle is engulfed in yellowish smoke as it travels along a highway during bushfires near Cooma, New South Wales, Australia January 1, 2020 in this picture obtained from social media. Mandatory credit JODIE BRADBY CANBERRA AUSTRALIA/via REUTERS
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Australian authorities steer mass evacuation as wildfires raze holiday towns

RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons presents a posthumous Commendation for Bravery and Service to the son of RFS volunteer Geoffrey Keaton at Keaton's funeral in Buxton, New South Wales, Australia January 2, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media/ NSW RURAL FIRE SERVICE/via Reuters
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Toddler son receives posthumous medal for killed Australian firefighter

A burnt out vehicle is seen at a destroyed property in Sarsfield in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, December 31, 2019. AAP Image via Reuters
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Twelve dead, several missing as Australia counts the cost of devastating bushfires

The sky glows red as bushfires continue to rage in Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia, December 31, 2019, in this photo obtained from social media/ Jonty Smith from Melbourne via Reuters
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Thousands of people trapped in Australian coastal town by huge wildfires

Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Services (WIRES) volunteer and carer Tracy Dodd holds a kangaroo with burnt feet pads after being rescued from bushfires in Australia\u0027s Blue Mountains area, December 30, 2019. REUTERS/Jill Gralow
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Battle to save Australian wildlife as bushfires rage

Firefighters work at the scene of a bushfires in Bilpin, New South Wales, Australia in this still image from a social media video December 15, 2019. Andrew Mitchell/Cottage Point Rural Fire Brigade via Reuters
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Australian PM announces compensation for volunteer firefighters