Leaves begin to sprout from the trunk of a blackened and burned tree near Nattai, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. The fires have claimed dozens of lives since September, destroyed thousands of homes and razed more than 10.3 million hectares (25.5 million acres), but the fire danger has been diminished by rain this week in several areas. The first green buds of regrowth have already emerged in some blacked forests following the rain. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)