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The sails of the Opera House are lit with a series of images to show support for the communities affected by the bushfires and to express the gratitude to the emergency services and volunteers in Sydney on January 11, 2020. - Massive bushfires in southeastern Australia have a "long way to go", authorities have warned, even as colder conditions brought some relief to exhausted firefighter and communities. (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP)

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This photo shows an aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of the Whitsunday Islands, along the central coast of Queensland. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park encompasses about 99 percent of the World Heritage-listed natural wonder, with the additional one percent outside the marine park but within the heritage-listed area -- about 3, 600 square kilometres (1, 390 square miles) -- being managed by the Queensland state government and includes most islands and ports, as well as lakes and other waterways. AFP PHOTO / SARAH LAI / AFP PHOTO / Sarah Lai

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A female chimpanzee (C) yawns as two others nod-off, while they sit on rocks in a family group, with the sun on their backs in their open air enclosure at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, 26 April 2005. The special open air chimpanzee enclosure, which opened in 1980, is home to nineteen chimps and recognised internationally as one of the most significant in the world with such a successful breeding record as well as having been one of the first zoological gardens to house and exhibit chimpanzee in a group situation. AFP PHOTO/Rob ELLIOTT / AFP PHOTO / ROB ELLIOTT

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