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An activist demonstrates during a protest called by intellectuals and artists against the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 25, 2019. - Brazil on Sunday deployed two C-130 Hercules aircraft to douse fires devouring parts of the Amazon rainforest, as hundreds of new blazes were ignited ahead of nationwide protests over the destruction. More than half of the 79,513 fires recorded in Brazil this year are in the Amazon

TOPSHOT - View of a burnt area in the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 25, 2019. - Brazil on Sunday deployed two C-130 Hercules aircraft to douse fires devouring parts of the Amazon rainforest, as hundreds of new blazes were ignited and a growing global outcry over the blazes sparks protests and threatens a huge trade deal.

Protesters wearing Brazilian carnival costumes dance during a demonstration by climate activists Extinction Rebellion group to demand protection for the Amazon rainforest outside the embassy of Brazil in Brussels, Belgium August 26, 2019.

Protesters dance in front of the Brazilan Embassy during a demonstration organised by Extinction Rebellion activists in Brussels, August 26, 2019, calling on Brazil to act to protect the Amazon rainforest from deforestation and fire. - The Amazon rainforest has seen a record number of wildfires this year, which have triggered a global outcry.

Revellers take part in the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Britain, August 26, 2019.

France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) and US President Donald Trump embrace during a joint-press conference in Biarritz, south-west France on August 26, 2019, on the third day of the annual G7 Summit attended by the leaders of the world's seven richest democracies, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.

A general view shows flood water in Wad Ramli village on the eastern banks of the Nile river on August 26, 2019. - Flash floods from the Nile killed about 62 people and injured nearly 100, said the official SUNA news agency quoting a health ministry official as saying the crisis "did not reach the level of being declared a disaster."

Tourists walk outside Chigi Palace on the eve of the second round of talks to form a new government, in Rome, Italy August 26, 2019

Agricultural traders fill bags with corn at a vegetable and fruit market in Lahore on August 26, 2019

Agricultural traders unload corn from a truck at a vegetable and fruit market in Lahore on August 26, 2019.