A balloon depicting Red Titan, a character from "Ryan's World", is seen during the 94th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade closed to the spectators due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

A balloon depicting Red Titan, a character from "Ryan's World", is seen during the 94th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade closed to the spectators due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A balloon depicting Red Titan, a character from "Ryan's World", is seen during the 94th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade closed to the spectators due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

A balloon depicting Red Titan, a character from "Ryan's World", is seen ahead of the 94th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade closed to the spectators due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

A balloon depicting Red Titan, a character from "Ryan's World", is seen ahead of the 94th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade closed to the spectators due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

People enter and exit a Christmas World shop as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) regulations are further eased for the state of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

An employee twirls a sign advertising discounts outside a Christmas World shop as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) regulations are further eased for the state of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

An employee twirls a sign advertising discounts outside a Christmas World shop as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) regulations are further eased for the state of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

An employee twirls a sign advertising discounts outside a Christmas World shop as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) regulations are further eased for the state of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

China's Premier Li Keqiang, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva and Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organisation Alan Wolff raise their hands next to World Bank President David Malpass during a news conference via video link after the Fifth "1+6" Round Table Dialogue, in Beijing, China, November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

China's Premier Li Keqiang, World Bank President David Malpass, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva, Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organisation Alan Wolff, Director General of the International Labor Organisation Guy Ryder, Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Angel Gurria and Chairman of the Financial Stability Board Randal K. Quarles attend a news conference via video link after the Fifth "1+6" Round Table Dialogue, in Beijing, China, November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

China's Premier Li Keqiang, World Bank President David Malpass, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva and Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organisation Alan Wolff attend a news conference via video link after the Fifth "1+6" Round Table Dialogue, in Beijing, China, November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter REFILE - CORRECTING PARTICIPANTS

David Nabarro, candidate for Director General of the World Health Organization, attends a news conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy

Australia's New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian (C) meets officials during the Remembrance Day Service to mark the anniversary of the end of World War I, at Martin Place in Sydney, Australia, November 11, 2020. Saeed Khan/Pool via REUTERS

World and U.S. markets bet on Republicans to maintain control of the U.S. Senate, which dims prospects for a large new stimulus package but makes it harder to enact tighter regulation or raise corporate taxes on American firms.

One World Trade Center building is seen through the fog in lower Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. November 5, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A view shows a new fountain during a ceremony at the Palm Jumeirah in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest fountain, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Rula Rohana TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The country's worst summer of bushfires in a generation razed more than 11.2 million hectares (27.7 million acres), nearly half the area of the United Kingdom, thrusting the grey, tree-hugging marsupials into the centre of the national conversation and a hot political issue. In New South Wales, at least 5,000 koalas were killed in the fires that burned 80% of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area and 24% of koala habitat on public land, the government's June report said. As another summer looms, koalas face the threat of more bushfires, although weather forecasters expect a wetter, cooler few months than in the previous year. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "KOALAS ELLIOTT" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Matching Text: AUSTRALIA-KOALAS/NSW

The country's worst summer of bushfires in a generation razed more than 11.2 million hectares (27.7 million acres), nearly half the area of the United Kingdom, thrusting the grey, tree-hugging marsupials into the centre of the national conversation and a hot political issue. In New South Wales, at least 5,000 koalas were killed in the fires that burned 80% of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area and 24% of koala habitat on public land, the government's June report said. As another summer looms, koalas face the threat of more bushfires, although weather forecasters expect a wetter, cooler few months than in the previous year. REUTERS/Loren Elliott SEARCH "KOALAS ELLIOTT" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Matching Text: AUSTRALIA-KOALAS/NSW

An Andalusian horseman poses with the owners of the purebred Spanish horse Fer Bonachon, new World champion after competing in a four-years-old horse morphological contest, during the SICAB International PRE Horse Fair, which is dedicated to the purebred Spanish horse, in Seville, Spain, October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

Mohd Irfan, a businessman, shows a picture on his phone of his father Mohd Mobin, 59, who was also a businessman and who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as he poses for a photograph in New Delhi, India, September 22, 2020. "My whole world has collapsed. He was everything for us. He was like a roof to me and to my family. He protected us. I don't have any words to describe the loss. This pandemic has hit us hard. Life will not be the same again. I miss his presence," said Irfan. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui SEARCH "COVID DEATHS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Flags of various countries are projected on the "Puente Nuevo" (New Bridge) during a video mapping to celebrate the World Tourism Day, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ronda, southern Spain September 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Women walk at an empty viewpoint in front of the "Puente Nuevo" (New Bridge) during the World Tourism Day, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ronda, southern Spain September 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Tourists stand in front of the "Puente Nuevo" (New Bridge) during the World Tourism Day, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ronda, southern Spain September 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

Tourists take photographs in front of the "Puente Nuevo" (New Bridge) during the World Tourism Day, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ronda, southern Spain September 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

People gather for a vigil outside of the New York State Civil Supreme Court building held for recently passed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the spire of One World Trade Center is lit blue in her honor also in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Papa Massata Diack, the son of former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, speaks during a news conference in Dakar, Senegal September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Papa Massata Diack, the son of former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, attends a news conference in Dakar, Senegal September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Papa Massata Diack, the son of former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, attends a news conference in Dakar, Senegal September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Papa Massata Diack, the son of former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, attends a news conference in Dakar, Senegal September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Papa Massata Diack, the son of former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, attends a news conference in Dakar, Senegal September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Papa Massata Diack, the son of former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, speaks during a news conference in Dakar, Senegal September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Papa Massata Diack, the son of former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, attends a news conference in Dakar, Senegal September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Papa Massata Diack, the son of former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, attends a news conference in Dakar, Senegal September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Papa Massata Diack, the son of former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, speaks during a news conference in Dakar, Senegal September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Papa Massata Diack, the son of former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, speaks during a news conference in Dakar, Senegal September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

Papa Massata Diack, the son of former world athletics chief Lamine Diack, attends a news conference in Dakar, Senegal September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Christophe Van Der Perre

The logo of the solo round-the-world Vendee Globe sailing race is seen during a news conference in Paris, France, September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

The logo of the solo round-the-world Vendee Globe sailing race is seen during a news conference in Paris, France, September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Skipper Kojiro Shiraishi of Japan attends the news conference for the solo round-the-world Vendee Globe sailing race in Paris, France, September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Skipper Samantha Davies of Britain, wearing a protective face mask, attends the news conference for the solo round-the-world Vendee Globe sailing race in Paris, France, September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Skipper Samantha Davies of Britain, wearing a protective face mask, attends the news conference for the solo round-the-world Vendee Globe sailing race in Paris, France, September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Daisy Knatchbull, Founder of The Deck, stands outside of her new premises on Savile Row, the first shopfront tailors exclusively for women to open on the world famous street, renowned for its bespoke clothes making, in London, Britain, September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Daisy Knatchbull, Founder of The Deck, stands inside her new premises on Savile Row, the first shopfront tailors exclusively for women to open on the world famous street, renowned for its bespoke clothes making, in London, Britain, September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Daisy Knatchbull, Founder of The Deck, sits inside her new premises on Savile Row, the first shopfront tailors exclusively for women to open on the world famous street, renowned for its bespoke clothes making, in London, Britain, September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Daisy Knatchbull, Founder of The Deck, stands outside of her new premises on Savile Row, the first shopfront tailors exclusively for women to open on the world famous street, renowned for its bespoke clothes making, in London, Britain, September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Daisy Knatchbull, Founder of The Deck, stands outside of her new premises on Savile Row, the first shopfront tailors exclusively for women to open on the world famous street, renowned for its bespoke clothes making, in London, Britain, September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Daisy Knatchbull, Founder of The Deck, stands inside her new premises on Savile Row, the first shopfront tailors exclusively for women to open on the world famous street, renowned for its bespoke clothes making, in London, Britain, September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Daisy Knatchbull, Founder of The Deck, sits inside her new premises on Savile Row, the first shopfront tailors exclusively for women to open on the world famous street, renowned for its bespoke clothes making, in London, Britain, September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Daisy Knatchbull, Founder of The Deck, stands outside of her new premises on Savile Row, the first shopfront tailors exclusively for women to open on the world famous street, renowned for its bespoke clothes making, in London, Britain, September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

A general interior view of the new premises of The Deck, on Savile Row, the first shopfront tailors exclusively for women to open on the world famous street, renowned for its bespoke clothes making, is seen in London, Britain, September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Japan's Minister in charge of preparations for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka Shinji Inoue attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Japan's Minister in charge of preparations for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka Shinji Inoue attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

People walk as a new superhighway cuts across desert within a view of the Red Pyramid, the world's third tallest and the Bent Pyramid behind in Giza, Egypt September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Staff

A truck moves past as a new superhighway cuts across desert within a view of the Red Pyramid, the world's third tallest and the Bent Pyramid behind in Giza, Egypt September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Staff

A fire has been burning since mid-July in the remote wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving in its wake a vast charred desolation bigger than New York City. A team of veterinarians, biologists and local guides arrived in late August to prowl the bumpy dirt road known as the Trans-Pantanal Highway in pickup trucks, looking to save what injured animals they could. Jaguars were wandering the blackened wasteland, they said, starving or going thirsty, with paws burnt to the bone, lungs blackened by smoke. They saw bodies of alligator-like caiman, jaws frozen in silent screams, the last act of creatures desperate to cool off before being consumed by flames. This massive fire is one of thousands of blazes sweeping the Brazilian Pantanal - the world's largest wetland - this year in what climate scientists fear could become a new normal, echoing the rise in climate-driven fires from California to Australia. The Pantanal is smaller and less-known than its famous cousin, the Amazon jungle. But the region's normally abundant waters and strategic location - sandwiched between the rainforest, Brazil's vast grasslands and Paraguay's dry forests - make it a magnet for animals. The fires are now threatening one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, biologists say. The Pantanal is home to roughly 1,200 vertebrate animal species, including 36 that are threatened with extinction. Across this usually lush landscape of 150,000 square kilometers (57,915 square miles) in Brazil, rare birds flutter and the world's densest population of jaguars roam. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "PANTANAL PEROBELLI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES Matching text: CLIMATE-CHANGE/BRAZIL-PANTANAL

People look at the Tribute in Light as it shines downtown Manhattan to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., September 11, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz