Roy Mangersnes / Storm over the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, lightning sstrikes are the predominant cause of bush fires, Botswana, November

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Thunderstorm and bushfire at night. Kalahari, Botswana, November.

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in a cage at the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre (which was a public hall until the fires). This Koala is being treated for burns. Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia. Jan...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in a Eucalyptus tree after recent bushfires, just before having a visual inspection for its health. If it is determined that a closer examination is required to determin...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in a Eucalyptus tree after recent bushfires, just before having a visual inspection. If it is determined that a closer examination is required to determine its health, i...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, in crate prior to transport to the Bairnsdale wildlife triage centre - which had been set up...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, is held and checked by Forest and Wildlife officer Lachlan Clarke. After an initial assessmen...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, is transported in a crate to a vehicle by members of the Australian Defence Force. It will th...

Doug Gimesy / Forest and Wildlife officers do a preliminary health check on a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been brought down from a tree to be checked for burns and weight after a bush fire in the area....

Doug Gimesy / Cherry picker' ascends with a Forest and Wildlife officer to collect a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) from the tree so it can have a health check following bush fires in the area. Gelantipy, Vict...

Doug Gimesy / Forest and wildlife officer (assisted by members of the Australian Defence Force) transfers a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area,...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was found walking across burnt ground after a fire, is collected by Forest and Wildlife Lachlan Clarke, (right), assisted by a member of the Australian Defence For...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has come down from a tree after a bush fire and is walking across burnt ground, is collected by Forest and Wildlife Officer Lachlan Clarke. Gelantipy, Victoria, Au...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has come down from a tree after a bush fire in the area, sits on the burnt ground. Gelantipy, Victoria, Australia. January 2020 Non-ex.

Doug Gimesy / Forest and Wildlife officer collecting a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) from a tree using a rope so it can have a health check following bush fires in the area. Gelantipy, Victoria, Australia. January...

Doug Gimesy / Drone, operated bya member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) hovers near a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). This drone is being use...

Doug Gimesy / Member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) looking at a screen which is displaying an image sent via a drone of a koala (Phascolarct...

Doug Gimesy / Drone, operated by a member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) hovers near a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). This drone is being us...

Doug Gimesy / Drone, operated by a member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) hovers near a koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). This drone is being us...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that has been captured for a health check following bush fires in the area, in crate prior to transport to the Bairnsdale wildlife triage centre, set up following the...

Doug Gimesy / Royal Australian Airforce crew carry a crate which contains a koala off a Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) C-27J Spartan. This plane was used to transport six koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) evacuated...

Doug Gimesy / Senior Forest and Wildlife Officer Abby makes final arrangements to drive to Heaslville Sanctuary from East Sale RAAF Base, with a young rescued burn victim Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named '...

Doug Gimesy / After a flight from Mallacoota and just landing at East Sale RAAF base, a young Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Micky' - one of 6 being evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre to M...

Doug Gimesy / Inside of a Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) C-27J Spartan that is transporting 6 koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) that were burnt in the Mallacoota (Victoria, Australia) bushfires and are now being ev...

Doug Gimesy / Triage coordinator and Senior Forest and Wildlife Officer Abby Smith - sitting in a Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) C-27J Spartan - holding a young koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in th...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in the Mallacoota bushfires is evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre, carried in a crate by a RAAF crew member (left) and Forest and Wildli...

Doug Gimesy / Baby Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Micky' - one of six evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre to Melbourne for further treatment to burns resulting from the Mallacoota bushfires...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in the Mallacoota bushfires is evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre, carried in a crate by a RAAF crew member (left) and Forest and Wildli...

Doug Gimesy / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) that was burnt in the Mallacoota bushfires is evacuated from the Mallacoota wildlife triage centre, carried in a crate by a RAAF crew member (left) and Forest and Wildli...

Doug Gimesy / Member of the Victorian Police Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems (Police Air Wing, Specialist Response Division) looking at a screen which is displaying an infra red image, sent via a drone, of a Koala...

Doug Gimesy / Julie Jennings, senior wildlife carer for Port Stephens Koalas, move bushfire a burnt Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Flash' from his enclosure to allow her to clean the enclosure and check and...

Doug Gimesy / Jacky Hunt, specialist in bird rescue and rehabilitation, with two Boobook owls (Ninox boobook), which she is providing temporary accommodation for in her factory. These birds were evacuated from the...

Doug Gimesy / Jacky Hunt, a specialist in bird rescue and rehabilitation, with two Boobook owls (Ninox boobook), which she is providing temporary accommodation for in her factory. These birds were evacuated from th...

Doug Gimesy / Jacky Hunt, specialist in bird rescue and rehabilitation, with two Kookoaburras (Dacelo sp.) which she is providing temporary accommodation for in her factory. These birds were evacuated from the Wal...

Doug Gimesy / Jacky Hunt, specialist in bird rescue and rehabilitation, with a Boobook Owls (Ninox boobook), which she is providing temporary accommodation for in her factory. These birds were evacuated from the W...

Doug Gimesy / Sue Swain kissing rescued bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty'. Sooty was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2019. His nose, hands, feet and chin we...

Doug Gimesy / Sue Swain with rescued bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty'. Sooty was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2019. His nose, hands, feet and chin were...

Doug Gimesy / Sue Swain with rescued bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty', Sooty was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2019. His nose, hands, feet and chin were...

Doug Gimesy / Senior wildlife career for Port Stephens Koalas, Julie Jennings, applies an eye ointment to a bushfire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Char'. Char was caught in a bushfire at Hillville ne...

Doug Gimesy / Julie Jennings, senior wildlife carer for Port Stephens Koalas, feeds bushfire burnt koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Flash', a supplementary feed, which is in addition to the eucalyptus leave Fl...

Doug Gimesy / Julie Jennings, senior wildlife carer for Port Stephens Koalas, feeds bushfire burnt koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Flash', a supplementary feed, which is in addition to the eucalyptus leave Fl...

Doug Gimesy / Portrait of a burnt koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Flash', a victim of the bushfires at Hillville near Taree (NSW). He arrived into care with a burnt nose, burnt hands and feet. Despi...

Doug Gimesy / Very badly burnt front foot of a Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty' from the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2019, is held by koala rescuer and carer, Sue Swain. When he arrived, his nose...

Doug Gimesy / Sue Swain looks at the bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty' who she has just applied burn cream to. 'Sooty' was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires...

Doug Gimesy / ?Sue Swain gives a bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty', a dietary supplement in her garage (where she keeps this koala being cared for). ??Sooty' was very badly burnt during...

Doug Gimesy / ?Sue Swain gives a bush fire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Sooty', a dietary supplement in her garage. '??Sooty' was very badly burnt during the Taree bushfires (NSW) in November 2...

Doug Gimesy / Senior wildlife carer for Port Stephens Koalas, Julie Jennings, feeds a bushfire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Char', a supplementary feed. Char was caught in a bushfire at Hillville ne...

Doug Gimesy / Senior wildlife carer for Port Stephens Koalas, Julie Jennings, feeds a bushfire victim koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Char', a supplementary feed. Char was caught in a bushfire at Hillville ne...

Doug Gimesy / ?Senior wildlife carer for Port Stephens Koalas, Julie Jennings, feeding a bushfire victim Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Char', a supplementary feed. Char was caught in a bushfire at Hillville...

Doug Gimesy / Bushfire victim Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) named 'Flash' in his enclosure eating eucalyptus leaves. Flash was caught in a bushfire at Hillville near Taree (NSW) in November, 2019. He arrived to ca...

Loic Poidevin / Smoke from a bush fire on savanna with animals grazing, Masai Mara, Kenya. March 2019.

Paul Williams / Cameraman Murray Fredericks films a wildfire triggered by lightning for Storm Chasing programme in Northern Australia for BBC Wonders of The Monsoon. Western Australia. December 2013.

Paul Williams / Bush fire triggered by lightning storm, Western Australia. December 2013.

Paul Williams / Bush fire triggered by lightning storm, Western Australia. December 2013.

Paul Williams / Bush fire triggered by lightning storm, Western Australia. December 2013.

Paul Williams / Bush fire triggered by lightning storm, Western Australia. December 2013.

Paul Williams / Bush fire triggered by lightning storm, Western Australia. December 2013.

Paul Williams / Wingless cockroaches climb a tree stump to survive a wildfire, one is laying its eggs (ootheca) Western Australia, Australia.

Paul Williams / Bush fire triggered by lightning storm, Western Australia. December 2013.

Paul Williams / Bush fire triggered by lightning storm, Western Australia. December 2013.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of fruiting Boab trees (Adansonia gregorii) at night, lit by the moon, the glow of bushfires can be seen in the clouds, Wyndham, Kimberley, Western Australia, 2016.

Ashley Cooper / Forest fire destroys an area of forest in the Little Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Most of California was in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought, whi...

Ashley Cooper / Forest fire destroyed area of forest in the Little Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Most of California was in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought, which...

Ashley Cooper / Forest fire destroyed area of forest in the Little Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Most of California was in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought, which...

Ashley Cooper / Wildfire damage in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Most of California was in exceptional drought, the highest classification of drought, which lea to an increasing number of wild fires. Octo...

Ashley Cooper / The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest, California, USA. This picture was taken during a severe drought in which wild fires are much more common. October 2014

Ashley Cooper / Fire danger sign next to forest that has been burnt, Tule river area of the Sequoia National Forest, east of Porterville, California, USA. At this time California was suffering an exceptional drought,...

Ashley Cooper / Memorial cricket match between Kinglake and Marysville on anniversary of catastrophic bush fire in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Burnt out forest at Marysville which was one of the worst affected communities of the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fire. Victoria, Australia, USA, February.

Ashley Cooper / Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Burnt forest at Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Australia. February 2...

Ashley Cooper / Warning Sign in burnt forest near Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Au...

Ashley Cooper / Kinglake National Park sign by burnt forest near Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian bush fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed...

Ashley Cooper / Burnt forest near Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Australia. February...

Ashley Cooper / Fire restriction sign near Kinglake, one of the communities worst affected by the catastrophic 2009 Australian Bush Fires in the state of Victoria in which 173 people were killed. Victoria, Australia....

Ashley Cooper / Smoke warning sign by road, at dawn near Orbost, New South Wales, Australia. March 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Smoke warning sign by road, at dawn near Orbost, New South Wales, Australia. March 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Forest destroyed by bush fires in December 2009. near Michelago, New South Wales, Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Forest destroyed by bush fires in December 2009. near Michelago, New South Wales, Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Forest destroyed by bush fires in December 2009. near Michelago, New South Wales, Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Burns victims who work for the Peter Hughes Burn Foundation in Australia providing counselling and support for the victims of the bush fires. Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Roadside fire near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window. This image was taken during the drought which 15 year drought which made bus...

Ashley Cooper / Roadside fire near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window. This image was taken during the drought which 15 year drought which made bus...

Ashley Cooper / Rebuilding at Marysville which was one of the communities worst affected by the 2009 Australian Bush Fires during which 173 people. Victoria, USA, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Park Closed sign in the Snowy Mountains, closed due to bush fires, Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Fire sign in Jindabyne, Snowy Mountains, Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Forest burnt by bush fires above Thredbo, Snowy mountains, Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Extreme fire conditions in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / Burnt out forest near Lake Hume in New South Wales. Such bush fires were frequent in the prolonged drought that lasted between 1996-2011. Australia, February 2010.

Ashley Cooper / CFA fire fighters tackling a roadside fire near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window. This image was taken during the drought which 15...

Ashley Cooper / A roadside fire near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window. This image was taken during the drought which 15 year drought which made bu...

Ashley Cooper / A roadside fire near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window. This image was taken during the drought which 15 year drought which made bu...

Ashley Cooper / A roadside fire near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window. This image was taken during the drought which 15 year drought which made bu...