The Most Heartbreaking Photos of the Devastating Australian Wildfires

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Bushfires destroy properties in the township of Hillville on the Mid North Coast of NSW, Nov. 12, 2019.

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The sun is seen through bushfire haze next to the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 19, 2019.

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A female koala, named Anwen, recovers from burns at The Port Macquarie Koala Hospital on Nov. 29, 2019, in Port Macquarie, Australia.

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A home blazes in a bushfire on Hassall Road in New South Wales, Buxton, Australia on Dec. 19, 2019.

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Smoke from a bushfire approaches the Old Hume Highway near the town of Tahmoor, New South Wales, Australia, on Dec. 19, 2019.

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A burnt carcass of a Kangaroo is seen on Dec. 31, 2019, in Sarsfield, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.

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In a photo taken on New Year’s Eve, a horse tries to move away from nearby bushfires at a residential property near the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales.

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ABC photographer Matt Roberts reacts to seeing his sister’s house destroyed by a bushfire in Quaama, New South Wales, Australia, on Jan. 1.

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Massive smoke rises from wildfires burning in East Gippsland, Victoria, on Jan. 2.

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Poignant graffiti is seen on a bridge on Jan. 3 in Bairnsdale, Australia.

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This isn’t a filter: the sky turned blood-red in Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia, as a change in the wind sparked fire activity in the area on Jan. 4.

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A playground stands, plastic melted by the blaze, after a bushfire on Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

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The Australia Flag flies under red skies from the fires on Jan. 4.

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Destruction from the Currowan fire on Tallowa Dam Rd. in Kangaroo Valley on Jan. 5.

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Dead stock is seen on Kangaroo Island, Australia, on Jan. 6.

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A koala named Tinny Arse sits in the water tanker of Damian Campbell-Davys, the man who rescued her from a bushfire zone, on Jan. 5.

The Most Heartbreaking Photos of the Devastating Australian Wildfires

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