This is a burning forest area in the Amazon rainforest taken in Tocantins state, Brazil, on August 17. Data released by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research on the 22nd showed that since the beginning of this year, there have been 75,336 forest fire points in Brazil, an increase of 85% from the same period last year, and more than half of the fire points are located in the Amazon rainforest. Since this month, there have been 36,771 forest fires, a 175% increase from the same period last month. Published by Xinhua News Agency (photo by Dida Sampaio)