It’s often easy to overlook the environmental impact of natural disasters when property is destroyed and people lose their lives. But for thousands of animals, a vast wildfire can destroy not only their homes, but their entire world.
This devastating photo of a koala sitting in a burned pine tree was taken near the township of Gumeracha near Adelaide, South Australia after a bushfire swept over miles of brush in January. More than 600 firefighters battled the blaze, and a number of animals and livestock were killed.