Lessons in mateship as Australia lurches from one crisis to another

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

Animal rescuer Marcus Fillinger carries a burned kangaroo on February 4 in Peak View, Australia. Fillinger tranquilized the wounded animal for transport to a recovery center.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

A bushfire burns near the town of Bumbalong, south of Canberra on February 2.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

Horses panic as a fire burns near Canberra, Australia, on Saturday, February 1.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

A firefighter coats a bridge with foam as a bushfire burns near Moruya, Australia, on Saturday, January 25.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

In this long-exposure photo, a car’s taillights streak at left as a wildfire glows at dusk near Clear Range, Australia, on Friday, January 31.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

An airplane dumps fire retardant behind houses at the foot of Mount Tennent as fire creeps through the Namadgi National Park in Canberra on Thursday, January 30.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

People embrace near the scene of a water tanker plane crash in Cooma, Australia, on Thursday, January 23. Three American crew members died in the crash.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

Flying embers are seen in this long-exposure photo from Moruya on Thursday, January 23.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

A young koala named Jeremy receives medical attention for burns at the Healesville Sanctuary in Badger Creek, Australia, on January 23.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

Firefighters battle the Morton Fire as it burns a home near Bundanoon, Australia, on January 23.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

The Parliament House in Canberra is blanketed by bushfire smoke on January 23.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

A firefighter battles the Morton Fire as it consumes a home near Bundanoon on January 23.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

Veterinarian Ludo Valenza holds two grey-headed flying foxes, which were being treated for bushfire injuries at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital in Beerwah, Australia, on Wednesday, January 15.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

Lt. Kynan Lang from the 10th/27th Battalion visits the scene where his uncle and cousin died in a bushfire on Australia’s Kangaroo Island.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

A smoky haze from bushfires hovers over the Melbourne skyline ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament on Tuesday, January 14. Poor air quality disrupted the qualifying rounds of the tournament.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

Properties damaged and destroyed by fire are seen in Nerrigundah, Australia, on Monday, January 13.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

Debris remains where houses stood in the Australian village of Wingello on January 13.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

Bonnie Morris and sister Raemi Morris look on as their family and firefighters battle bushfires at the edge of their family farm in Karatta on Saturday, January 11.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

Pictures of firefighters are projected onto the Sydney Opera House on January 11.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

A vehicle makes its way through thick fog mixed with bushfire smoke in the Ruined Castle area of the Blue Mountains on January 11.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

Protesters march through downtown Melbourne on Friday, January 10, in response to the ongoing bushfire crisis.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

An aerial view shows a track running through trees that were scorched by bushfires in East Gippsland, Australia, on Thursday, January 9.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

A pile of wood chips burns at a timber mill in Eden, Australia, on January 9.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

Lisa Poulsen tends to her Clydesdale horse, Jake, on January 9. Jake suffered burn injuries in a bushfire on December 31.

In photos: Bushfires rage through Australia

A small wave of black water full of burned debris breaks at a beach at Eden on January 9.

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