A firefighter combated a fire in the Amazon basin in the municipality Sorriso, Mato Grosso State, Brazil.MATO GROSSO STATE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT via AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
A fire burned out of control after spreading onto a farm along a highway in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso State, Brazil. JOAO LAET/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
A patch of forest was cleared with fire in the municipality of Candeias do Jamari, close to Porto Velho in Rondonia State, in the Amazon basin in Brazil. Victor MORIYAMA/GREENPEACE via AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
Smoke billowed from fires in the forest in the Amazon biome in the municipality of Altamira, Para State, Brazil. Victor MORIYAMA/GREENPEACE via AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
A map from NASA Earth Observatory shoed active fire detections in South America (including Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Ecuador, Uruguay, northern Argentina and northwestern Colombia). Joshua Stevens / NASA Earth Observatory via AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
Smoke billowed from forest fires in the municipality of Candeias do Jamari, close to Porto Velho in Rondonia State, in the Amazon basin in northwestern Brazil. Victor MORIYAMA/GREENPEACE via AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
Trees were destroyed after a fire in the Alvorada da Amazonia region, in Novo Progresso, Para state, Brazil.Leo Correa/Associated Press/Associated Press
An aerial view of burned areas of the Amazon rainforest. LULA SAMPAIO/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
Smoke from a fire out of control on a farm along a highway filled the air in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso State, south in the Amazon basin in Brazil. JOAO LAET/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
View of burned areas of the Amazon rainforest, near Abuna, Rondonia state, Brazil. CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
Smoke covered a section of the Amazon rain forest affected by wildfires. Victor Moriyama/Getty Images/Getty Images
Cattle grazed next to a lone tree in a deforested plot near Porto Velho, Brazil. Victor R. Caivano)/Associated Press/Associated Press
Charred trees stood after a forest fire in the Vila Nova Samuel region, along the road to the Jacunda National Forest near the city of Porto Velho, Rondonia state, part of Brazil's Amazon. Eraldo Peres/Associated Press/Associated Press
A section of the Amazon rain forest that has been decimated by wild fires in Porto Velho, Brazil. Victor Moriyama/Getty Images)/Getty Images
