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A photo released by Australia's Rural Fire Service shows a firefighting C-130 Hercules plane of the type that crashed in New South Wales on January 23, 2020, killing all three crew members. via AP

Australia begins investigation into crash of firefighting plane

January 24, 2020
TOPSHOT - This handout photo taken on January 17, 2020 and received on January 20 courtesy of Marcia Macmillan shows a child running towards a dust storm in Mullengudgery in New South Wales. Dust storms hit many parts of Australia's western New South Wales as a prolonged drought continues. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Courtesy of Marcia Macmillan" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS --- NO ARCHIVE --- / AFP / Courtesy of Marcia Macmillan / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Courtesy of Marcia Macmillan" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS --- NO ARCHIVE ---

Australia battered by giant hailstones and 'apocalyptic' dust storms - on the same day

January 20, 2020
A staff member carries koalas as they secure the park during flooding caused by heavy rainfall at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, New South Wales. Reuters

Flooding dampens joy of heavy rain in Australia

January 18, 2020
Pedestrians walk through heavy rain in Sydney's Central Business District on January 17, 2020. AAP Image via Reuters

Heavy rains bring relief to Australia's fire-stricken east

January 17, 2020
TOPSHOT - An orphaned baby Koala sits on the shoulder of a vet at a makeshift field hospital at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park on Kangaroo Island on January 14, 2020. Hundreds of koalas have been rescued and brought to the park for treatment after bushfires ravaged the island off the south coast of Australia. / AFP / PETER PARKS

Bushfire crisis threatens to change Australia’s ecosystems 'forever'

January 16, 2020
A satellite image made available by NASA shows thick smoke moving into the Tasman Sea from the states of New South Wales and Victoria on January 3, 2020 (issued 14 January 2020). EPA/NASA HO

Australia wildfire smoke set to make full circuit of the earth

January 14, 2020
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - January 13, 2020: HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces (L), receives HE Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (R), upon his arrival at Qasr Al Watan. ( Mohamed Al Hammadi / Ministry of Presidential Affairs ) ---

Japan sees no increase in risk to its Gulf oil flows

January 14, 2020
Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser said the company was setting up a sustainability board to review future projects. Khushnum Bhandari for The National

Adani coal mine contract a 'mistake', Siemens CEO says

January 13, 2020
A wallaby eating carrots from a food drop by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, in New South Wales, Australia. EPA

Australia establishes wildlife recovery fund after bushfires

January 13, 2020
Ophelia Haragli and her friends have raised donations to buy and distribute more than 1,500 high-quality breathing masks to the fire fighters tackling Australia's huge bushfires. Giovanni Torre for The National

Australian bushfires: Palestinian distributes masks so fire fighters can breathe

January 12, 2020
A vehicle burned out by wildfires is seen on the remains of a property in Buchan, East Gippsland, Australia, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. Dozens of communities -- from small towns such as Pambula on the south coast of New South Wales state, to alpine villages in neighboring Victoria -- are again in danger from wildfires that have razed more than 2,000 homes, killed at least 26 people and charred more than 10 million hectares (25 million acres) of forest and bush across the nation in the past few months. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg

Australian bushfires merge into 'mega blaze' as weather worsens

January 10, 2020
Adelaide wildlife rescuer Simon Adamczyk is seen with a koala at a burning forest near Cape Borda on Kangaroo Island, Australia, January 7, 2020. AAP/ Reuters

Australians in race to save vulnerable species from bushfires

January 9, 2020
Doug Schutz, right, the Tomerong Rural Fire Service Captain, oversees a controlled burn near Tomerong, Australia, Wednesday, January 8, 2020. AP Photo

Australia's fire-ravaged regions brace for weekend heatwave

January 8, 2020
Katrina van Dinter, who owns Petite Lamb, a small business making children’s clothes in Dubai, said she will keep on making mittens and pouches to help animals in fire-ravaged Australia as long as help is needed. Victor Besa/The National

Dubai resident joins global charge to help animals caught up in deadly Australian bushfires

January 8, 2020
A feral herd of camels in Northern South Australia. Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Australian state to begin mass cull of feral camels

January 8, 2020
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 US President Donald Trump addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 21, 2020. AFP 

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