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Residents move in boats through the flooded streets of a town in northern Bolivia after heavy rains caused the Acre River to overflow. The city of Cobija on the border with Brazil is suffering unprecedented flooding, with water levels reaching 17 meters (55.7 ft). The rainy season in Bolivia, which began in December and will last until March, has so far left 40 people dead and nearly 10,000 families affected, according to the government. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne boards a boat to visit a river checkpoint and the remote village of Opoya-Taluen in French Guiana, as part of a New Year visit to highlight the French authorities' fight against illegal mining in this overseas territory. IMAGES
Images of the northern French village of Longvilliers, in the Pas-de-Calais region, as the storm finally calms down on Friday evening, with the alert level lowered to orange, giving exhausted residents some respite. IMAGES
Aerial shots of the flooded village of Sotirio, near Larissa, Greece, in the aftermath of Storm Elias, a new storm that hit the country just weeks after floods left 17 dead. IMAGES
Moroccans assess the damage along destroyed streets in the village of Moulay Brahim in the Atlas mountains, following a devastating earthquake IMAGES
People inspect the damage in the mountainous Moulay Brahim village in the Al-Haouz province, the epicentre of Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades that killed more than 800 people across several provinces. IMAGES