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Crosses are placed outside Brazil's National Congress in Brasilia in a tribute to the victims of the Brumadinho dam collapse on the fifth anniversary of the tragedy. January 25 marks five years of the rupture of the dam at the Corrego do Feijao Mine, owned by the mining company Vale. It was holding more than 11 million cubic meters (nearly three billion gallons) of mining waste when it collapsed, unleashing a brown sea of sludge. IMAGES
Images of emergency workers at a dam in northern India that was damaged after a chunk of glacier broke up and unleashed a devastating flash flood. It killed at least a dozen people and left more than a hundred missing. IMAGES
Sao Paulo, Apr 24 (EFE).- This metropolis that is the center of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil completed a month under lockdown Friday with an toward a "gradual" re-opening set to begin May 11, even though the indicator say the coronavirus has yet to peak in Latin America's largest nation.
Firefighters begin a rescue effort after torrential rain leading to flooding and landslides claimed the lives of six people in the state of Espirito Santo in south-eastern Brazil. IMAGES
Rescuers scramble to find survivors after an illegal gold mine collapsed in Indonesia, triggering a landslide. IMAGES
Rescue workers search mud as more than 37 people are confirmed dead and 250 are still missing after a dam collapsed in the state of Minas Gerais. IMAGES
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