Year in review: Our environment in 2022
A deer wanders through frost and mist ahead of sunrise in Bushy Park, London, Britain, January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
A man catches a fish in a street flooded during floods caused by heavy rain in Imperatriz, Maranhao state, Brazil January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Ilzete is embraced by her daughter Joelma in front of a flooded house during floods caused by heavy rain in Imperatriz, Maranhao state, Brazil January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
A chameleon tries to stay out of the water during floods caused by heavy rain in Imperatriz, Maranhao state, Brazil January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
A canoe is tied to a home surrounded by floodwaters after heavy rain in Chehalis, Washington, U.S., January 7, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
A residential cul-de-sac is covered in floodwaters after heavy rain in Chehalis, Washington, U.S., January 7, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
Aurora borealis better known as northern lights, illuminates the night sky above the Kellostapuli fell in Kolari, Lapland, Finland, January 15, 2022. Lehtikuva/Irene Stachon
People stand beside St Michael's Tower as they watch the full moon, sometimes known as a "Wolf Moon", rise behind Glastonbury Tor in Glastonbury, Britain, January 17, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Marine iguanas fight with each other on Santa Cruz Island after Ecuador announced the expansion of a marine reserve that will encompass 198,000 square kilometers (around 76,448 square miles), in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador January 16, 2022. ...more
Swimmers walk into the water as the sun rises over Sale Water Park in Manchester, Britain, January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Phil Noble
A dead bird lies on a beach during a clean-up, following an oil spill caused by abnormal waves, triggered by a massive underwater volcanic eruption half a world away, in Tonga, in Ventanilla, Peru, January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Amber hunters gather amber on the Baltic Sea coast in the town of Pionersky in Kaliningrad region, Russia January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Vitaly Nevar
A worker walks following an oil spill caused by abnormal waves, triggered by a massive underwater volcanic eruption half a world away in Tonga, at the Peruvian beach in Ventanilla, Peru, January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Dionisio Leal looks at heaps of ash from the Cumbre Vieja volcano surrounding his house as he stands at the window, in Las Manchas neighbourhood on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain, January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Borja Suarez
A vehicle is seen buried in the ash from the Cumbre Vieja volcano in Las Manchas neighbourhood, on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain, January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Borja Suarez
Carlos Hebert Plante prepares to dive into freezing waters to use his boogie board as extreme cold weather hits Montreal, Canada. It was minus 22 celsius as the sun was rising above the St. Lawrence river. The standing wave is behind the Habitat 67,...more
Carlos Hebert Plante dives into freezing waters to use his boogie board as extreme cold weather hits Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was minus 22 celsius as the sun was rising above the St. Lawrence river. The standing wave is behind the Habitat 67, an...more
The Parthenon temple is seen atop the Acropolis hill, during heavy snowfall in Athens, Greece, January 24, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Indigenous people of the Pataxo ethnicity block a railroad during a protest to mark three years after the disaster of the tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA in Brumadinho, in Sao Joaquim de Bicas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil,...more
Indigenous people of the Pataxo ethnicity block a railroad during a protest to mark three years after the disaster of the tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA in Brumadinho, in Sao Joaquim de Bicas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil,...more
An aerial view shows sheep enter a tent at a camp for the internally displaced in the Aleppo countryside, Syria January 23, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano
Beachgoers enjoy sunny weather in Ipanema Beach amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Lucas Landau
Workers clean up an oil spill following an underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga, in Ancon, Peru January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Fish farm cultivator Ioannis Ouzounoglou collects fish that died from low temperatures, at his fish farm in Richo lagoon, in Igoumenitsa, Greece, January 26, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Giannis Floulis
Fish farm cultivator Ioannis Ouzounoglou collects fish that died from low temperatures, at his fish farm in Richo lagoon, in Igoumenitsa, Greece, January 26, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Giannis Floulis
Part of a rainbow is seen in the sky by the shore of the Mediterranean Sea at Zikim Beach, southern Israel January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
People work in the hope to block oil spills caused by a leak from an undersea pipeline 20 km (12.4 miles) off Thailand's eastern coast at Mae Ramphueng beach in Rayong province, Thailand, January 28, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
A photographer takes pictures as an aurora is seen in the sky in Pajala, Sweden, February 10, 2022. Picture taken February 10, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Kuznetsov/All About Lapland
Whitetail deer are pictured at sunset in Buffalo, New York, U.S., February 13, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
An aurora is seen in the sky during winter in Husavik, Iceland February 13, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Icelandic horsers are pictured during the winter as an aurora is seen in the sky in Husavik, Iceland February 13, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
An aerial view of a mudslide site at Morro da Oficina after pouring rains in Petropolis, Brazil February 17, 2022 in this picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Blocks of ice that have broken off Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon are seen at Diamond beach during the winter in the southern coast of Iceland February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
An ice cave is seen at Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon during the winter in the southern coast of Iceland, February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
A worker removes dead anchovies washed up on the shores of the Coliumo beach near Concepcion, Chile February 20, 2022. REUTERS/Juan Gonzalez
A woman holds part of a dead corn plant in a field covered with red sand, in Anjeky Beanatara, Androy region, Madagascar, February 11, 2022. Madagascar has always known extreme weather events, but scientists say these will likely increase as...more
Locals stand next to a tree in a field covered with red sand in Anjeky Beanatara, Androy region, Madagascar, February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Children and their mothers sit under a tree as they wait to be examined at a children's malnutrition post run by the World Food Programme in Anjeky Beanatara, Androy region, Madagascar, February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
A man pushes his bike along RN13 (National Road 13), near Ambovombe, Madagascar, February 14, 2022. Madagascar has always known extreme weather events, but scientists say these will likely increase as human-induced climate change pushes temperatures...more
A truck is seen parked on the dried river bed of the Manambovo river, in Tsihombe, Androy region, Madagascar, February 13, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
An excavator prepares waste coal materials to be transported from a site to the Scrubgrass Power Plant in Kennerdell, Pennsylvania, where miners utilize CFB (circulating fluidized bed boilers) technology to burn and convert waste coal, in Cheswick,...more
Locals walk through a field covered with red sand in Anjeky Beanatara, Androy region, Madagascar, February 11, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
A woman carries her sleeping baby as locals line up at a food distribution post run by the World Food Programme in the Antanimora commune, Androy region, Madagascar, February 12, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Four-year-old Jackson Zoller excitedly hands family friend Elena Ozuna, 17, a doll while hunting for what he said was "treasure" in the remains of his neighbor's home which was levelled by a tornado in Arabi, St. Bernard Parish, in the outskirts of...more
A man walks with a heard of sheep as smoke billows from burning garbage at the Ghazipur landfill site in New Delhi, India, March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
A man walks past burning garbage at the Ghazipur landfill site in New Delhi, India, March 28, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
A wine grower lights heaters early in the morning, to protect vineyards from frost damage outside Chablis, France, April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
A wine grower inspects his vineyards as heaters are lit early in the morning to protect vineyards from frost damage outside Chablis, France, April 3, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
Christian Ndombe, a park ranger, releases turtles on the endangered coastline after incubating the eggs for eight weeks in nests at a hatching centre in Muanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 6, 2022. REUTERS/Justin Makangara
People walk in the street during heavy snowfall in Moscow, Russia, April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
A boat pulls solar panels towards a floating photovoltaic power plant on lake Silbersee (Lake Silver) in Haltern am See, Germany, April 11, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Erol Dogrudogan
A view of withered plants on the dried out bed of the Rungue reservoir during a drought in Rungue, north of Santiago, Chile, April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza
A woman flees from the polluting foam generated by a river full of waste, at the entrance of her house, in Mosquera, Colombia April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
Waste collectors take shelter from heat under a tarpaulin on a hot summer day, as debris and smoke billow following a fire at the Bhalswa landfill site in New Delhi, India, April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Men walk through an almost dry river bed of Yamuna after searching for recyclable material on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, April 30, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
People sleep on the Yamuna river bed under a bridge on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Professional diver and coral reef conservationist Luis Muino cleans the coral nursery from algae in Playa Coral beach, Cuba April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
A man cools off under a pipe of flowing water on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Workers look after trees planted in the "green belt" area around the holy city of Karbala, trying to prevent worsening desertification and sand storms, on the outskirt of Kerbala, Iraq May 12, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
A shark swims past a diver during an outing with scuba company Emerald Charters off Jupiter Inlet, Florida, U.S., May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Sam Wolfe
A worker of the Jardim Gramacho landfill collects garbage in the red mangrove seedlings area, which was the site of the South America's largest open-air landfill, at the recovering mangrove forest in Duque de Caxias in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil...more
Drone aerial view shows the irregular city growth in a water catchment area on the banks of the Billings dam, in Sao Paulo, Brazil June 2, 2022. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
A man walks on a pile of garbage at a dumping site as locals from a village near the site protest against garbage being dumped in their area by obstructing garbage trucks from reaching the dumping site at the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal June 8,...more
People cool off at a fountain in Madrid Rio Park during the first heatwave of the year in Madrid, Spain, June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Residents watch part of the Sheep Fire wildfire burn through a forest on a hillside near their homes in Wrightwood, California, U.S. June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Kyle Grillot
People gather to watch as the Sun sets through a sand storm known locally as 'Calima', during the first heatwave of the year in Ronda, Spain, June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
One-month-old Vamar Kumar, sleeps at home under a mosquito net, during a heatwave, on the outskirts of Jacobabad, Pakistan, May 17, 2022. Last month Jacobabad became the hottest city on Earth. Women are especially vulnerable to rising temperatures in...more
A couple next to a dog is seen on a mountain watching as the Supermoon comes out from the Cruce de Arinaga, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Borja Suarez
People and children enjoy the hot weather at Bournemouth Beach, as a heatwave reaches the country, in Bournemouth, Britain, June 17, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Yoga enthusiasts take part in a class to destress at the Samalayuca dunes on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico June 18, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
A volunteer cleans the banks of the Katari river which flows into Titicaca lake, near La Paz, Bolivia, June 19, 2022. REUTERS/Claudia Morales
People celebrate the summer solstice at a festival in the village of Okunevo in Omsk region, Russia June 21, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko
A paddleboarder rows in front of LNG carrier Marshal Vasilevskiy in the Baltic Sea resort of Zelenogradsk in the Kaliningrad region, Russia June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Vitaly Nevar
An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil July 8, 2022. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
Park guard Roberto Varela uses a light provided by the photographer to watch a green sea turtle as it returns to the sea after laying eggs on the beach in Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba, June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Farmer Luis Corchete and his wife Toni watch as a wildfire rages on during the second heatwave of the year in the vicinity of Guadapero, Spain, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Susana Vera
A member of the Queen's Guard receives water to drink during the hot weather, outside Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, July 18, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley
A woman wearing face mask uses a fan as she walks on a street on a hot day, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
A train drives across the bed of a drained area near the salt harvesting site of the Burlinskoye salt lake in the Altai Region, Russia July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko
Vehicles travel along a serpentine road to cross the international land border 'Los Libertadores' between Chile and Argentina which had been closed due to weather conditions, in Los Andes, Chile July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Vehicles travel along a serpentine road to cross the international land border "Los Libertadores" between Chile and Argentina which had been closed due to weather conditions, in Los Andes, Chile July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Andras Eordogh, 66, a horse breeder, wades into his clay lined lake as a children play during horse camp on his farm near Jaszszentlaszlo, Hungary, July 15, 2022. Farmers across Hungary have reported "historic" drought damage affecting some 550,000...more
The sun rises behind the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul in the medieval fortified city of Mdina as a Ryanair Boeing 737 aircraft takes off from Malta International Airport, Malta, January 2, 2022. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
A worker carries a crane that died following an outbreak of avian flu in the lake of a nature reserve, an important bird migration destination in the Hula Valley, northern Israel, January 2, 2022. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
A jogger makes her way along the National Mall during a snowstorm in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Locals stand next to a flooded area, as Cyclone Batsirai sweeps inland, in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, February 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Fabiano Jose de Souza, manager of Lagoa do Peixe National Park, observes dead fish at Lagoa do Peixe (Fish Lagoon) which was affected by drought in Tavares, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil February 5, 2022. REUTERS/Diego Vara
People search debris on the beach, in the aftermath of Cyclone Batsirai, in the town of Mananjary, Madagascar, February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Northern lights, also called Aurora Borealis, is seen in the sky over Overkalix, Sweden March 5, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Kuznetsov/All About Lapland
Activists from Just Stop Oil hide in the bushes before a protest in Grays, Essex, Britain April 15, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Wild bluebells, which bloom around mid-April turning the forest floor blue, form a carpet in the Hallerbos, also known as the 'Blue Forest', in Halle, near Brussels, Belgium April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman
A search and rescue team prepares to airlift a body from the Mzinyathi River after heavy rains caused flooding near Durban, South Africa, April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Rogan Ward
A woman examines the exposed walls of formerly flooded canyons during a boat tour of Lake Powell, the nation's second largest reservoir which has fallen to the lowest levels on record since it was created by damming the Colorado River in the 1960s,...more
A 30-tonne, 14-metre-long whale lies on the sand after it washed up dead on the beach in the Valencian town of Tavernes de la Valldigna, Spain, May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Eva Manez
A 30-tonne, 14-metre-long whale that washed up dead on the beach is pulled by an excavator, in the Valencian town of Tavernes de la Valldigna, Spain, May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Eva Manez
Glencore's Mount Owen coal mine is pictured in Ravensworth, Australia, June 21, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
A woman sits on the debris of her destroyed house, in the aftermath of Cyclone Batsirai, in the town of Mananjary, Madagascar, February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
A general view of West New Territories Landfill during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Hong Kong, China, April 11, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
A closed boat ramp extends into desert sand at Lake Powell, where water levels have dropped dramatically to lows not seen since the lake was filled in the 1960s as growing demand for the river's water and climate change shrink the Colorado River and...more
An aerial view of Lake Powell is seen, where water levels have declined dramatically to lows not seen since it was filled in the 1960s as growing demand for water and climate change shrink the Colorado River and create challenges for business owners...more
A man walks on a bridge during a sandstorm in Baghdad, Iraq, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Sunlight reflects off the Salar de Uyuni, a vast white salt flat at the center of a global resource race for the battery metal lithium, outside of Uyuni, Bolivia March 26, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Claudia Morales
Employees dump ice from wheelbarrows into the pool at the Typhoon Texas Waterpark in Katy, Texas, U.S. June 26, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
People get trapped during a flash flood caused by heavy rains due to the tropical storm Bonnie, in San Salvador, El Salvador July 2, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
Traffic police officers direct vehicles during a sandstorm in Baghdad, Iraq, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Local girl Tokasa Robanakadavu, 10, wades through seawater flooding her community during high tide in Serua Village, Fiji, July 15, 2022. As the community runs out of ways to adapt to the rising Pacific Ocean, the 80 villagers face the painful...more
Local children play along a sea wall that no longer stops the intrusion of water at higher tides in Serua Village, Fiji July 13, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
A man looks on as a wildfire burns in Verin, Spain August 3, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Felipe Carnotto/via REUTERS
A child swims in the flood water caused by heavy rains as a passenger bus passes by, in Manila, Philippines, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David
Tourists watch Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano as it sputters lava from the uninhabited Meradalir Valley on the Reykjanes peninsula, filling the valley with a pool of molten rock about 20 miles from Reykjavik, Iceland August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Ken...more
A sheep looks for something to graze during a severe drought in the Cijara reservoir, in Villarta de los Montes, Spain, August 6, 2022. A prolonged dry spell and extreme heat that made last July the hottest month in Spain since at least 1961, have...more
Carcasses of animals that died due to drought are seen in the municipality of Manuel Benavides, in Chihuahua state, Mexico, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Oscar Huerta, 66, walks near the carcass of cows that died due to drought in the municipality of Manuel Benavides, in Chihuahua state, Mexico August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
Underwater rocks emerge from the water of Lake Garda after northern Italy experienced the worst drought in 70 years in Sirmione, Italy, August 16, 2022. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
An aerial view shows a branch of the Loire River as historical drought hits France, in Loireauxence, France, August 16, 2022. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
A wedding couple walk on the dried-up riverbed of the Jialing river, a tributary of the Yangtze, that is approaching record-low water levels in Chongqing, China, August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
A man stands in the Jialing river, a tributary of the Yangtze, that is approaching record-low water levels in Chongqing, China, August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
People look at a dead fish on the dried-up riverbed of the Jialing river, a tributary of the Yangtze, that is approaching record-low water levels in Chongqing, China, August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Wreckage of a World War Two German warship is seen in the Danube in Prahovo, Serbia August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Fedja Grulovic
A villager attempts to put out a brush fire with a mop during a drought in Xinyao village, Nanchang city, Jiangxi province, China, August 25, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
A man wades through flood waters carrying his grand daughter on his back following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Charsadda, Pakistan August 28, 2022. REUTERS/Fayaz AzizAziz
A flood victim takes refuge along a road in a makeshift tent, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan August 29, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Tourists stand outside the ice cave covered with protection material preventing the ice from melting at the Rhone glacier in Obergoms, Switzerland, September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Remains of a rocket shel is seen at a field of sunflowers, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the village of Dolyna in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
The carcass of an elephant that died during the drought is seen in the Shaba National Reserve, Isiolo county, Kenya, September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
People wade through water in a flooded St. Mark's Square during seasonly high water in Venice, Italy, September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
Tina Ekiro from the Turkana pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to failed rain seasons, waters sheep from an open well dug on a dry riverbed in Loyoro village of Kalokol in Turkana, Kenya September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas...more
A man gestures as he stands in flood waters following heavy rains in Kuc, Shkodra, Albania November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Florion Goga
A view of the destroyed road between Matlacha and Pine Island after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction in Matlacha, Florida, U.S., October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello
A view of pagodas on Louxingdun island that usually remains partially submerged under the water of Poyang Lake, which is facing low water levels due to a regional drought in Lushan, Jiangxi province, China, August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas...more
A waste collector climbs down while looking for recyclable materials as smoke billows from burning garbage at the Bhalswa landfill site on World Environment Day in New Delhi, India, June 5, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
A tree burning on the inside is seen in front of a wildfire in Videmonte, Celorico da Beira, Portugal, August 11, 2022. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
A woman stands at her front door after heavy rains caused flood damage in KwaNdengezi, Durban, South Africa, April 12, 2022. REUTERS/Rogan Ward
Internally displaced Somali woman Habiba Bile stands near the carcass of her dead livestock following severe droughts near Dollow, Gedo Region, Somalia, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Olympic Cougar Project members work to replace the GPS collar on Lilu, a wild cougar, near Port Angeles, Washington, U.S., December 14, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
FILE PHOTO: Indigenous people from the Mura tribe show a deforested area in unmarked indigenous lands inside the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Gannets nest at Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, in Newfoundland, Canada July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Greg Locke
An aircraft drops retardant on the Fairview Fire burning near Hemet, California, U.S., September 6, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson
People gather to watch the eruption of the Mauna Loa Volcano while the lava flow is covered with the clouds in Hawaii, U.S. December 3, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
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