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An illegal miner throws water at one of the more than 60 dredging barges that were set on fire by officers of the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, IBAMA, during an operation to try to contain illegal gold mining on the Madeira river, a tributary of the Amazon river in Borba, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sunday, November 28, 2021. Hundreds of barges belonging to illegal miners had converged on the river during a gold rush in the Brazilian Amazon prompting IBAMA authorities to start burning them. (Photo by Edmar Barros/AP Photo)
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