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Rio de Janeiro residents walk by cars damaged by torrential rain, as city workers try to clean the streets of the rubbles left by flash floods that killed at least three people. A man was killed after he was caught in flooding in the south of the city, while two women died when a house in a nearby favela collapsed, Rio de Janeiro mayor Marcelo Crivella told reporters. Schools throughout the city were closed and power was knocked out in some areas. Heavy downpours often cause flooding in Rio de Janerio as rain overwhelms the city´s creaky infrastructure. Impoverished favelas, built on the hills in the city, are usually the hardest hit areas. IMAGES
Residents of Duque de Caxias in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro save their belongings after heavy rains flooded their homes. The rainstorm hit particularly hard the northern parts of Rio, where 11 people died due to landslides, drownings, and electrocutions. Firefighters are still searching for a woman who went missing after her car fell into a river. IMAGES
Emergency services attend a flooded housing estate in Brechin, Scotland, at the epicentre of flooding following Storm Babet. Police say the body of a 57-year-old woman has been recovered after she was swept into a river in Angus, while some residents remain trapped in their homes, according to local councillor Jill Scott. IMAGES
Images of people and workers in central Madrid as residents struggle with the heat during Spain's strongest heatwave this summer. IMAGES
Residents of Rio de Janeiro queue to cast their vote in Brazil's presidential election at a polling station in Copacabana. Brazilians are called to the polls to decide on their new president, in a polarising election that sees the leftist candidate and ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the lead over the incumbent far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. IMAGES
Residents of Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro, vote in a polarising presidential election, with leftist front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva facing far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. IMAGES TO COMPLETE 32KK3FL
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