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Aug 23, 2019, 14 tweets

A wildfire near Robore, Bolivia.

Wildfires in Bolivia have devastated about 745,000 hectares of forests and farmland.

Neighboring Peru says it is "on alert" for wildfires in the Amazon spreading from Brazil and Bolivia.

VIDEO: Bolivia's rainforest is ravaged by wildfires. About 745,000 hectares have been destroyed.

@AFP footage from Bolivia's Santa Cruz region neighbouring Brazil

AFP map locating wildfires in the #Amazon as of August 22-23

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@AFPgraphics Amazon fires: how celebrities are unwittingly spreading misinformation.

@AFPFactCheck discovers high-profile figures mistakenly sharing photographs of the #Amazon that are years old or images taken in other parts of the world

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@AFPgraphics @AFPFactCheck #BREAKING Amazon wildfires 'acute emergency', belongs on G7 agenda: Merkel

@AFPgraphics @AFPFactCheck #BREAKING Macron believes Bolsonaro 'lied' on climate at G20: French presidency

@AFPgraphics @AFPFactCheck #BREAKING France to oppose EU-Mercosur trade deal over Brazil's climate stance: presidency

@AFPgraphics @AFPFactCheck #BREAKING G7 working on 'concrete' responses to Amazon fires: French presidency

@AFPgraphics @AFPFactCheck #UPDATE Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro says he is considering deploying the army to help combat fires in the Amazon rainforest, amid growing international pressure over the wildfires u.afp.com/J2G4

@AFPgraphics @AFPFactCheck #UPDATE #G7 leaders gathering in France this weekend plan to hammer out "concrete measures" in response to the wildfires raging in the #AmazonRainforest putting them on a collision course with Brazil's rightwing leader #G7Biarritz
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@AFPgraphics @AFPFactCheck Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of this year -- the highest number for any year since 2013. Most were in the Amazon
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@AFPgraphics @AFPFactCheck @CarldeSouza1 #BREAKING Brazil's Bolsonaro orders army to help fight Amazon fires

@AFPgraphics @AFPFactCheck @CarldeSouza1 #BREAKING Trump offers to help Brazil with Amazon fires

@AFPgraphics @AFPFactCheck @CarldeSouza1 #UPDATE President Jair Bolsonaro authorized the deployment of Brazil's armed forces to help combat fires raging in the Amazon rainforest, as a growing global outcry over the blazes sparks protests and threatens a huge trade deal u.afp.com/J2fD

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