South America surpasses record for fires

A bull is seen in front of a house surrounded by fire from illegal burning in the Amazon rainforest on the banks of the BR-230 highway, near the city of Labrea, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, September 4, 2024. /CFP

South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil's Amazon rainforest through the world's largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blaz