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Equipped with inflatable boats, Ukrainian military and police forces evacuate Kherson residents from the flooded areas of the city, following the collapse of Russian-held Kakhovka dam in the Kherson region. Ukraine is evacuating thousands after the dam's destruction unleashed a torrent of water, inundating two dozen villages and the city of Kherson. Both Moscow and Kyiv blame each other for the incident. IMAGES
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
A strike hits the northern Gaza Strip as Israel carries out deadly bombardments of the Palestinian territory for a second day, after a week-long truce with Hamas collapsed despite international calls for an extension. IMAGES
Ukraine's top diplomat calls for the UN Security Council to convene an emergency meeting following the partial destruction of the strategically important Russian-held Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. "Ukraine calls an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council and brings the issue of the Russian terrorist act to the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors," Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says in a statement. SOUNDBITE
Smoke billows on the horizon in the Ukrainian city of Rubizhne where fighting continues. Ukraine authorities say the region is facing "round the clock shelling" as Russian forces focus their assault on the east of the country. 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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