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  1. General view of a landslide at Vicoso Jardim shantytown on Thursday, April 8, in Niteroi, 15 miles north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some 200 people were feared dead as mudslides continued near Rio, officials said, adding to woes in massive flooding that has already killed more than 150 people. (Antonio Scorza / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
  2. Relatives mourn victims of a landslide at the Morro do Bumba area of the Niteroi neighborhood, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 8. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
  3. Firefighters and rescue workers search for victims following a landslide in the Vicoso Jardim shantytown on April 8 in Niteroi, 15 miles north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Antonio Scorza / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
  4. Residents of the Vicoso Jardim shantytown react as firefighters and rescue workers search for victims following a landslide on April 8. (Antonio Scorza / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
  5. Firefighters conduct rescue work after dark following a landslide in the Vicoso Jardim shantytown on April 8. (Bruno Domingos / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
  6. A firefighter walks near a damaged car after a landslide in the Vicoso Jardim neighborhood of Niteroi, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 8. (Bruno Domingos / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
  7. Rescue workers try to free resident Carlos Eduardo Silva dos Santos, who was trapped in the debris of a house in Guaratiba, a western zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday, April 7. (Jadson Marques / O Globo Agency via EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
  8. The coffins of the brothers Joice da Silva, 13, Jean da Silva, 9, Joel da Silva, and their aunt Rebeca, 12, who died in a landslide, are buried at the Caju cemetery in Rio de Janeiro on April 7. (Andre Mourao / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
  9. A man mourns for the victim of a landslide in the Morro dos Prazeres area of the Santa Teresa neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro on April 7. The heaviest rains on record in Rio caused floods and slides that killed more than 100 people. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
  10. Firefighters carry the body a man who died in a landslide in the Morro dos Prazeres area of the Santa Teresa neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
  11. A landslide ripped through homes on this hill in the Morro dos Prazeres slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday, April 6. (Genilson Araujo / Agencia O Globo via Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
  12. A woman grieves over the body a relative killed in the rainstorm in Rio on Tuesday. (Antonio Lacerda / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
  13. A landslide took out part of the Mangueira slum in Rio on Tuesday. (Marcelo Sayao / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
  14. Firefighters move debris to reach an injured man after a landslide in the Morro dos Prazeres slum on Tuesday. (Felipe Dana / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
  15. Firefighters rescue an injured man in the Morro dos Prazeres slum on Tuesday. (Felipe Dana / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
  16. These streets in Rio, in a neighborhood next to the city's botanical garden, are flooded Tuesday. (Genilson Araujo / Agencia O Globo via Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
  17. A fence serves as a walkway on Tuesday as some try to keep from getting soaked at Rio's botanical garden. (Antonio Scorza / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
  18. This area of the Mangueira slum in Rio was taken out by a landslide on Tuesday. (Marcelo Sayao / EPA) Back to slideshow navigation
  19. A rescuer carries a baby as other victims are helped after a landslide in a flooded area of Rio's Campo Grande neighborhood on Tuesday. (Jadson Marques / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
  20. The bodies of several victims await removal Tuesday after a landslide at the Morro dos Prazeres slum. (Luiza Garcia / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
  21. A rescuer carries the body of a baby who died in a landslide at Rio's Borel slum on Tuesday. (Stringer/brazil / Reuters) Back to slideshow navigation
  22. A man grieves for residents found dead after a landslide in the Morro dos Prazeres slum on Tuesday. (Felipe Dana / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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