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Aerial images of rescuers and local residents searching for nearly 50 people reported missing after a landslide triggered by months of heavy rainfall killed at least seven in Ecuador's south. The government's communications secretariat revised the initial confirmed death toll down from 16 in the village of Alausi in Chimborazo province, some 300 kilometers (180 miles) south of the capital. IMAGES
Madonna arrives at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, where she will perform a free mega-concert in May to close out her "Celebration" tour. IMAGES
Glittering in fanciful, flesh-flaunting costumes, thousands of Brazilians bouncing to sultry samba beats strut their stuff as Rio de Janeiro kicks off its famed carnival parade competition. IMAGES
Aftermath of a wildfire in Villa Independencia, as the death toll of the forest fires in Chile rises to 112 people, and 40 active outbreaks are being battled, the Ministry of the Interior reported. IMAGES
Aerial images of flattened houses and shops in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, after a fire broke out in the wake of a major 7.5-magnitude earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year's Day. IMAGES
Images of houses and other buildings in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, damaged by a major 7.5-magnitude tremor that hit central Japan on New Year's Day. IMAGES