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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
The collapse of a disused dam owned by Brazilian mining giant Vale in Brazil releases a massive torrent of mud that washed over the iron-ore extraction complex, leaving 200 people missing and a near-certainty of multiple deaths. IMAGES
Toxic mud from a collapsed iron mine dam in Brazil has travelled more than 500 kilometres down the Rio Doce river to reach the Atlantic Ocean.
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
The President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro arrives to Confins, in southeast Brazil, to observe the damage created after a dam collapsed at a mine in Brumaldinho, Minas Gerais, killing at least nine. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.
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