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Deadly bushfires are ravaging the Australian landscape, so far destroying 1,200 homes across New South Wales and Victoria.

This week the fires have razed at least 381 homes in New South Wales and 43 in Victoria, with at least 17 people missing.

The leader of NSW has declared a week-long state of emergency, starting this Friday.

Here are pictures from the past few days.

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Raging bushfires
Burning embers cover the ground as firefighters battle against bushfires

The declared state of emergency will allow local authorities to carry out forced evacuations, road closures “and anything else we need to do as a state to keep our residents and to keep property safe”, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Thursday.

A firefighter walks past burning trees
Bushfires burn
People from the town of Cann River are evacuated

High temperatures and strong winds are forecast for the weekend, leading to “widespread extreme fire danger”.

Fire officials have told holidaymakers to urgently leave a 260km (160-mile) stretch of the NSW coast before Saturday.

A firefighter sprays foam retardant

The deaths in NSW include:

  • Two people found in separate cars on Wednesday morning
  • A father and son who stayed behind to defend their home and farm equipment
  • A 28-year-old volunteer firefighter who was killed when wind flipped over his fire engine
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Debris seen around a swimming pool next to the remains of a house destroyed by bushfires
A family sit at a showground

In December, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison cut short his holiday to Hawaii amid growing criticism of his leadership during the bushfire crisis.

This week he had to cut short another visit – to a fire-hit town when he was heckled by angry residents.

An aerial view of property damaged by bushfires
An aerial view of property damaged by bushfires
A volunteer holds a burnt brushtail possum
A WIRES volunteer holds a kangaroo with burnt feet pads
Smoke billowing from a fire burning at East Gippsland
Mogo Zoo enclosure with bushfires

Mogo Zoo (above), managed to save all its animals, with monkeys, pandas and even a tiger housed at one keeper’s home.

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The Australian government has been facing criticism over its climate policies as the country deals with the devastating bushfires.

Australia is one of the world’s biggest per capita greenhouse gas emitters.

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A red sky from bushfires
The remains of burnt out buildings
A horse tries to move away from nearby bushfires
A helicopter drops water on a bushfire
Firefighters hose down trees
Smoke and flames rise from burning trees
A helicopter and two people are seen on snow

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