Brazil: A week-long demonstration by indigenous people in favor of land and cultural rights occurs in Brasilia.
Thousands of Indigenous people have assembled in the Brazilian capital for a five-day protest to support their rights to their land and culture. It goes against what they claim are President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's unmet pledges to defend reserves and drive out land-grabbers from their lands.
India: The Indian Air Force conducts "Bambi Bucket" operations to extinguish forest fires in the Nilgiris.
To combat the forest fire at Forest Dale near Black Bridge in the Nilgiris forest division, which has been spreading for the past four days, more than 150 Forest Department staff from the Nilgiris, Pollachi, Coimbatore, and Udumalpet forest divisions have been stationed in Coonoor. Watch to find out more!
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