Via @guardianaustralia They are the images that made us sit up and take notice. As world leaders gather for Cop27, these pictures prove that global heating isn’t a distant possibility – it’s already here. 1: Tim Holmes/AP 2: Mayke Toscano/Mato Grosso State Communication/AFP/Getty Images 3: Ed Ram/Getty Images 4: Tuvalu Ministry of Justice, Communication and Foreign Affairs/Reuters 5: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/World Press Photo/Cover Images 6: Fida Hussain/AFP/Getty Images + Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images 7: Steffen M Olsen/Danish Meteorological Institute 8: Kirsti McCluer/Reuters 9: Thomas Peter/Reuters + Cristina Mittermeier #Cop26 #COP27 #environmentalism #climatecrisis #globalheating #wildfire #wildfires #tasmania #australia #amazon #rainforest #deforestation #drought #kenya #tuvalu #flooding #flood #greece #venice #pakistan #washington #lakeboyang #china #canada #polarbear #greenland