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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
Images of residents of Blendecques being evacuated from their homes by the fire brigade, as northern France faces new flooding. (COMPLETES VIDI349D8D6_EN) IMAGES
Residents of the southern city of Sderot board buses to evacuate to safer areas in Israel amid ongoing war against Hamas. Situated on the front lines near the Gaza border, Sderot was overrun by Hamas militants in their surprise attack on October 7 and is used to being targeted by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Firefighters scramble to contain a raging inferno northwest of Athens as Greece's emergency services continue to battle a steadily growing wave of wildfires around the country that has left 20 dead. Civil protection ordered the evacuation of Ano Liosia in northwest Athens, a district of over 25,000 people, with people from the neighbouring town of Fyli rushing to flee the advancing flames. IMAGES
A child cries and residents gather in the street after a powerful earthquake struck western Mexico, shaking buildings in the capital on the anniversary of two major tremors in 1985 and 2017. The national seismological agency reported the quake was of magnitude 7.4, while the United States Geological Survey estimated it at 7.6. 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.