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People wait for rescue in a building in Beijing on August 2, after record rainfall caused widespread flooding in the capital region. Photo: VCG
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A child stands on a garbage-filled beach in Chennai, India, on December 1st.Photo: IC Photo
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On August 24, processed radioactive material from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is released into the ocean. Photo: VCG
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A man plunges his head into a fountain during a heatwave in Rome, Italy, in July.Photo: IC Photo
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Scientists from the University of Iceland take measurements and samples from an active volcano in Grindavik, Iceland, on December 19. Photo: VCG
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Smoke from wildfires in eastern Canada coats the Statue of Liberty in New York in an orange haze on June 6.Photo: IC Photo
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People watch as wildfires rage through Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on August 17th. Sitting on the banks of the McDougall River. Photo: VCG
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A man carries drinking water across a dry river bed near the Amazon rainforest in Amazonas state, Brazil, on October 26.Photo: IC Photo
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A man walks across the cracked floor of the dry Baels Reservoir in Catalonia, Spain, in March. Extreme drought has pushed local drinking water supplies to their lowest levels since 1990. Photo: VCG
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A dog sits in front of a hut as the nearby forest burns on July 26 in Volos, Greece. Photo: VCG
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A woman walks through floodwaters in Northern Ireland on October 31st. Photo: IC Photo
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Workers handle the remains of a dolphin that died in a severe drought in Brazil’s Amazonas state on October 2.Photo: IC Photo
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A man runs through sea foam caused by huge waves and flooding in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 19. Photo: IC Photo
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A worker shovels plastic bottles in Kenya on June 5, World Environment Day. The theme for this year’s World Environment Day was “Solutions to Plastic Pollution.”Photo: IC Photo