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People use boats to navigate through Porto Alegre after unprecedented flooding turned the streets of the Brazilian metropolis into rivers. By Sunday, floods had killed at least 78 people in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul with dozens missing and some 115,000 forced to leave their homes. IMAGES
People observe a flooded street in the city of Porto Alegre, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, inundated by water due to the exceptional flooding of the Guaiba River, an iconic river in southern Brazil. The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil climbed to 39 on Friday, officials said, as they warned of worse to come. IMAGES
Floodwaters cover a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost region, where the death toll of an extratropical cyclone has risen to 27. IMAGES
The streets are quiet Sunday in China's cosmopolitan business hub of Shanghai. The city reported 39 Covid deaths Sunday, official data showed, its highest daily toll since a weeks-long lockdown started. IMAGES
People protest in Porto Alegre after the death of a Black Brazilian man beaten by white security guards at a supermarket run by the French group Carrefour in the southern city. The incident has sparked outrage across Brazil as the country celebrates Black Consciousness Day. IMAGES