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This aerial picture taken on July 27, 2021, shows the shadow of an aircraft of the Air Forest Protection Service flying over a burned forest in the republic of Sakha outside the village of Berdigestyakh, in the republic of Sakha, Siberia. Russia is plagued by widespread forest fires, with the Sakha-Yakutia region in Siberia being the worst affected. According to many scientists, Russia -- especially its Siberian and Arctic regions – is among the countries most exposed to climate change. The country has set numerous records in recent years and in June 2020 registered 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the town of Verkhoyansk – the highest temperature recorded above the Arctic circle since measurements began. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)
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