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In Brazil’s Amazon, rivers rise to record levels

By Associated Press

June 1, 2021

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A man tries to open the door of his house, flooded by the waters of the Negro River in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday.
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A woman and child get out from their home, flooded by the waters of the Negro River in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday.
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A boy looks from the window of his home, at the floodwaters of the Negro River in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday.
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Vera Regina de Souza Lira, 62, stands on a wooden structure that was placed inside her home, above the floodwaters of the Negro River in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday.
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A woman walks on a wooden footbridge set up over a street flooded by the Negro River, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday.
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View of houses flooded by the waters of the Negro River in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday.
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People walk on a wooden footbridge set up over a street flooded by the Negro River, in downtown Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday.
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City workers ride on the back of a garbage truck navigating through a street flooded by the Negro River, in downtown Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday.
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Aerial view of streets flooded by the Negro River, in downtown Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday.
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A man pushes a shopping cart loaded with bananas through a street flooded by the Negro River in downtown Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday.
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A man rides his motorcycle through a street flooded by the Negro River, in downtown Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday.
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A street vendor pushes his mobile stall through a street flooded by the Negro River, in downtown Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday.
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