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People climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge stop under flags flying at half-mast as mark of mourning and respect in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, for three U.S. crew members of an aerial water tanker that crashed Thursday while battling wildfires in Australia. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

3 Americans killed in Australia all had military backgrounds

By COLLEEN SLEVIN - Associated Press

Firefighters who died in Australia were on California tanker

Associated Press

People climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge stop under flags flying at half-mast as mark of mourning and respect in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, for three U.S. crew members of an aerial water tanker that crashed Thursday while battling wildfires in Australia. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia works to recover bodies of 3 from air tanker crash

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Illustration on the Australian wildfires by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Australian bushfire takeaways lost in partisan climate change quarrel

By Satya Marar

Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic serves to Spain's Paula Badosa during their second round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Naomi Osaka, Petra Kvitova move into third round in Australia

By John Pye - Associated Press

This 2009 photo provided by Sebastian Pfautsch shows a eucalyptus forest that burned during a 2009 wildfire in Victoria, Australia. As of early 2020, fires have consumed some 40,000 square miles of Australia this fire season and scientists say the effects on the nation’s forests could be long-lasting. (Sebastian Pfautsch via AP)

Fires set stage for irreversible forest losses in Australia

By MATTHEW BROWN and CHRISTINA LARSON - Associated Press

United States' Venus Williams, right, congratulates compatriot Cori "Coco" Gauff on winning their first round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Coco Gauff tops Venus Williams at Australian Open

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, photo, NSW Rural Fire Service crews fight the Gospers Mountain Fire as it impacts a structure at Bilpin. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday, Dec. 22, apologized for taking a family vacation in Hawaii as deadly bushfires raged across several states, destroying homes and claiming the lives of two volunteer firefighters. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP Images via AP)

Australia bush fires blamed on green forestry policies

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

San Francisco Zoo holds naming contest for new koala

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Fires set stage for irreversible forest losses in Australia

By MATTHEW BROWN and CHRISTINA LARSON - Associated Press

This December 2019 photo provided by Guy Ballard shows a male brush-tailed rock wallaby eating supplementary food researchers provided in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park in New South Wales, Australia. Before this fire season, scientists estimated there were as few as 15,000 left in the wild. Now recent fires in a region already stricken by drought have burned through some of their last habitat, and the species is in jeopardy of disappearing, Ballard said. (Guy Ballard/NSW DPI - UNE via AP)

Scientists seek rare species survivors amid Australia flames

By CHRISTINA LARSON and MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

Spectators arrive at Melbourne Park as qualifying matches for the Australian Open tennis championship continue in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. The season's opening Grand Slam event begins here Monday Jan. 20. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

AUSTRALIAN OPEN ‘20: AP quiz on the year’s 1st tennis major

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2020, file photo, Ashleigh Barty, of Australia, plays a shot during her match against Jennifer Brady, of the United States, at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia. Barty will be competing in the Australian Open tennis tournament, beginning Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard, File)

AUSTRALIAN OPEN ‘20: Serena Williams tries again for No. 24

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

Australia raises with Iran imprisoned Australian academic

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

In this photo taken early January 2020, and provided Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Wollemi pines tower above the forest floor in the Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Specialist firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney. (NSW National Parks and Wildfire Service via AP)

Australia firefighters save world’s only rare dinosaur trees

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2019, file photo, Rafael Nadal, of Spain, returns a shot to Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, during the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York. Nadal will compete in the Australian Open tennis tournament beginning Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Sarah Stier, File)

AUSTRALIAN OPEN ‘20: Nadal, Djokovic, Federer still on top

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

This Jan. 8, 2020 photo provided by Jackie Maisey shows Grey-headed Flying Fox bats prepared for a feeding at the Uralla, Australia, home of Maisey, a volunteer with Northern Tableands Wildlife Carers. The bats are swaddled in flannel wraps similar to those being made by thousands of crafters worldwide who are using their sewing, knitting and crocheting skills to make items for wildlife injured in the Australian brush fires. Some animal rescue groups, however, say monetary donations are needed more. (Jackie Maisey via AP)

Crafting for critters: Australian fires prompt global effort

By HOLLY RAMER - Associated Press

Israel extradition of Australia sex-abuse suspect hits delay

Associated Press

A spectator wears a mask as smoke haze shrouds Melbourne during an Australian Open practice session at Melbourne Park in Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Smoke haze and poor air quality caused by wildfires temporarily suspended practice sessions for the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday, but qualifying began later in the morning in &quot;very poor&quot; conditions and amid complaints by at least one player who was forced to forfeit her match. (Michael DodgeAAP Image via AP)

Bad air doesn’t stop qualifying for Australian Open

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

Volunteer firefighter Ash Graham wipes a tear as he talks about his dog, Kozi, while camping on the lawn near the fire station at Nerrigundah, Australia, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, after losing his house and his dog when a wildfire ripped through the town on New Year's Eve. The tiny village of Nerrigundah in New South Wales has been among the hardest hit by Australia's devastating wildfires, with about two thirds of the homes destroyed and a 71-year-old man killed. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australian village scorched by wildfires struggles with loss

By NICK PERRY and SAM McNEIL - Associated Press