Burnt out remains of an old Hudson car, said to have been used by diamond thieves, in the Gondwana Sperrgebiet Rand Park, Namibia, Africa

Incense, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Asia

Aerial image of the burnt-out West Pier, Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Inside burnt-out car wreck on road from Alice Springs, Namatjira Drive, Northern Territory, Australia

Burnt-out car wreck on road from Alice Springs, Namatjira Drive, Northern Territory, Australia

A wrecked World War II airplane abandoned in the Solomon Islands

The dried up river bed of the Kern River in Bakersfield, California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, Bakersfield is now the driest city in the USA. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

Shafts of sunlight highlight the smoke from the King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

Burnt ground from a wildfire near Bakersfield, California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, Bakersfield is now the driest city in the USA. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. Wild fires are much more common due to the drought. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

Foscheck fire retardent dropped on a wild fire near Hawkins Peak above coleville in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

Foscheck fire retardent dropped on a wild fire near Hawkins Peak above coleville in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

A wild fire near Hawkins Peak above coleville in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floe near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean

Antarctic Fur Seal pup, Arctocephalus gazella, yawning, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean.

Smoke hangs over burnt out forest after unprecedented fires in 2004, near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Female Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) with her tired cup who is lying behind on the ice. Northwest of Nordaustlandet, Svalbard Archipelago, High Norwegian Arctic

A roadside fire probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window, near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Smoke hangs over burnt out forest after unprecedented fires in 2004, near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America, North America

A burnt out stolen car abandoned in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Burnt out forest after unprecedented fires in 2004, near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America, North America

A roadside fire probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window, near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Burnt out forest after unprecedented fires in 2004, near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Burnt out forest after unprecedented fires in 2004, near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America, North America

A roadside fire probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window, near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

An area of burnt out gorse on the cliff tops of the Cornish coast near Rosemergy, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An area of burnt out gorse on the cliff tops of the Cornish coast near Rosemergy, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Burnt out forest after unprecedented fires in 2004, near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Smoke hangs over burnt out forest after unprecedented fires in 2004, near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Burnt out forest near Lake Hume in New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

A Downy woodpecker searches vainly for food in a burnt out forest neasr Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America, North America

A stolen car burnt out in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Grilled shrimps on the flaming grill at outdoors summer party

Purge mask, man with LED mask on a burnt out car, rubber boots and yellow rain jacket, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Wild Buffaloes (Bubalis bubalis arnee or Bubalis arnee) in burnt out grasslands in Kaziranga National Park in the north east Indian state of Assam, India

Heart shaped burnt out of a texted paper

England, East Sussex, Brighton, man sat with surf board on goyne in front of the burnt out shell of the former West Pier.

Ruins of the burnt out West Pier fallen into the sea, Brighton, East Sussex, England

Burnt out birthday candles