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The Ruby Princess departs from Port Kembla in Wollongong, Australia, Thursday, April 23, 2020. The ocean liner became notorious as Australia's largest single source of coronavirus infections and is the center of a criminal investigation over the sickness' spread set off a month after it was ordered by police to leave. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Coronavirus cruise ship finally leaves Australian port

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

10-man Jeonbuk draws 2-2 with Sydney FC in Asian CL

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This Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, aerial photo provided by the New South Wales Police, shows wreckage, center, is strewn at the crash site of a firefighting air tanker near Numeralla, south west of Sydney. Three crew from the U.S. were killed when their C-130 Hercules tanker crashed while fighting wildfires in Australia, their employer, Canada-based Coulson Aviation, said in a statement. (NSW Police via AP)

3 dead US fire bombers retrieved from Australian forest

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2020, file photo, a commuter wears a mask as smoke shrouds the Australian capital of Canberra, Australia. It's an unprecedented dilemma for Australians accustomed to blue skies and sunny days that has raised fears for the long-term health consequences if prolonged exposure to choking smoke becomes the new summer norm. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Australian wildfire smoke stokes health fears in cities

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts to winning the first set against Daniil Medvedev of Russia during their ATP Cup tennis match in Sydney, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Christo)

Nadal leads Spain into ATP Cup final vs Djokovic’s Serbia

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

A sign is displayed beside a burned out house near Mogo, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, thanking &quot;firies&quot; a colloquial term for firefighters. House after house in affected areas have hung makeshift banners offering thanks to the people they call &quot;firies.&quot; It's a far cry from how many Australians view their leader, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who has been widely ridiculed for his response to the disaster. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australians on SE coast urged to flee as fire risk escalates

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Cattle graze in a field as smoke rises from burning fires on mountains near Moruya, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. The wildfires have destroyed 2,000 homes and continue to burn, threatening to flare up again as temperatures rise. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australians leave homes as heat, winds escalate fire danger

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

In this Dec. 20, 2019 photo, Andre Irizarry poses with photos of his daughter, Sidney who committed suicide at 18, in New Baden, Ill. Sometimes the guilt and sadness seem unbearable for Andre, 50, of New Baden, and his wife, Christina. The photo board was created last year for her visitation and memorial Mass. (Teri Maddox/Belleville News-Democrat via AP)

Teen’s suicide prompts family to work to prevent others

By TERI MADDOX - Associated Press

A Forest Corporation worker manages a fire hose as he battles a fire near Moruya, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison called up about 3,000 reservists as the threat of wildfires escalated Saturday in at least three states with two more deaths, and strong winds and high temperatures were forecast to bring flames to populated areas including the suburbs of Sydney. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Djokovic: wildfires could cause problems for Australian Open

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

FIEL - In this image made from video taken on Dec. 22, 2019, and provided by Oakbank Balhannah CFS, a koala drinks water from a bottle given by a firefighter in Cudlee Creek, South Australia. Thousands of koalas are feared to have died in a wildfire-ravaged area north of Sydney, further diminishing Australia's iconic marsupial, while the fire danger accelerated Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019 in the country’s east as temperatures soared. (Oakbank Balhannah CFS via AP, File)

Thousands of koalas feared dead in Australia wildfires

By TRISTAN LAVALETTE - Associated Press

In this image from a video taken on Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, and provided by @bikebug2019, a koala drinks water, given by a cyclist in Adelaide, Australia. A South Australian cyclist has been approached by a thirsty koala searching for water as a heatwave continues to grip the state. (@bikebug2019 via AP)

Sydney New Year’s fireworks to go ahead despite wildfires

By TRISTAN LAVALETTE - Associated Press

Wild Oats XI looks for 10th Sydney to Hobart line honors win

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In this Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, photo, NSW Rural Fire Service crew fight the Gospers Mountain Fire as it impacts a property at Bilpin, New South Wales state, Australia. 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’s PM defends climate stance amid wildfire disaster

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A home stands as smoke from the Grose Valley fire rises in the distance in Bilpin, west of Sydney, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. Australia’s most populous state has been paralyzed by “catastrophic” fire conditions Saturday amid souring temperatures as wildfires also ravaged the country’s southeast. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Australia battles ‘catastrophic’ wildfires as PM rushes home

By TRISTAN LAVALETTE - Associated Press

Rural Fire Service crew engage in property protection of a number of homes along the Old Hume Highway near the town of Tahmoor, New South Wales, as the Green Wattle Creek Fire threatens a number of communities in the southwest of Sydney, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. Australia's most populous state of New South Wales declared a seven-day state of emergency Thursday as oppressive conditions fanned around 100 wildfires. (Dean Lewins/AAP Images via AP)

2 firefighters die, 3 hurt as wildfires ravage Australia

By TRISTAN LAVALETTE - Associated Press

Firefighters keep an eye on the slow-moving fire near Mangrove Mountain, north of Sydney, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Hot dry conditions have brought an early start to the fire season. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia’s most populous state declares wildfire emergency

By Tristan Lavalette - Associated Press

In Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, photo, firefighters work on a controlled burn in Koorainghat, New South Wales state, Australia. Hundreds of schools remained closed across Australia's most populous state on Tuesday, Nov. 12, and residents were urged to evacuate woodlands for the relative safety of city centers as authorities braced for extreme fire danger. (Darren Pateman/AAP Images via AP)

Winds fan ferocious fires in Australia’s most populous state

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Australian-Lebanese dual citizen Amer Khayyat stands as he holds his Australian passport, after his release from prison in Roumieh, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Lebanese authorities have released the Lebanese -Australian who had been detained in Lebanon for more than two years after he was found innocent in an alleged plot to bring down a passenger plane bound for the United Arab Emirates from Sydney. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Australian-Lebanese jailed on Sydney bomb plot set free

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Deb Ware sits for a photo in the room of her home where her son Sam had been staying periodically for the past three years while battling an opioid addiction, in Fountaindale, Central Coast, Australia, Thursday, July 18, 2019. For three years, Deb has battled to save Sam's life, a lonely war against a system that made pharmaceutical opioids cheap and easy to get, in a country that has quietly endured what was once thought to be a uniquely American crisis of skyrocketing opioid addiction and deaths. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Son’s opioid addiction subjects mom to goodbye after goodbye

By KRISTEN GELINEAU - Associated Press

A women is taken by ambulance from Hotel CBD at the corner of King and York Street in Sydney, Australia Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. Police and witnesses say a young man yelling about religion and armed with a knife has attempted to stab several people in downtown Sydney before being arrested, with one woman taken to a hospital. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)

Man accused of killing woman and wounding another in Sydney

By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA - Associated Press