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    What the world sees as Australia burns

    Jan 10, 2020 3 minutes
    By Justin Worland
    PHOTOGRAPH BY ADAM FERGUSON FOR TIME
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    With reporting by
    AMY GUNIA/HONG KONG

    FAMILIES HUDDLE ON A ONCE PICTURESQUE beach as their homes burn behind them. Baby koalas, their fur singed, cling to their mothers as they face a fiery demise. And military helicopters whomp overhead, searching the charred landscape for stragglers looking for a last-minute escape.

    These bracing scenes illustrate a terrifying reality on the ground in Australia, where more than two dozen people and millions of animals have died in wildfires that have destroyed

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