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South Africa
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/weather1a.jpgA visitor takes in the last of the day's light amid a seasonal fog engulfing Cape Town as the city prepares for the start of the southern hemisphere winter. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters
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Nepal
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/weather2a.jpgRescue team members from the Nepal army search for people in an area that saw a small village washed away by a flash flood caused by an avalanche in the Annapurna mountain range. At least 17 people are confirmed to have died during the flood in Pokhara and adjoining villages in Kaski district. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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Brazil
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/w3a.jpgChildren play in a street flooded by the rising Rio Solimoes, one of the two main branches of the Amazon River, in Anama 160km west of Manaus. While a swath of the Brazilian Amazon is under a state of emergency as rivers overflow in one of the worst floods on record, the country's northeastern region faces its worst drought in the last 30 years, affecting well over 500 towns and cities. Photograph: Bruno Kelly/Reuters
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Brazil
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/w4a.jpgThe carcass of a cow, which died due to the drought, is seen on the ground near Maracas in Bahia state, northeast Brazil. Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
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Switzerland
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/w5a.jpgA worker drives a blower to remove snow at the Sankt Gotthard (Saint Gotthard) mountain pass, 2091metres up in the Swiss Alps. The Sankt Gotthard mountain pass road is expected to be reopened for the public traffic on May 23rd. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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Serbia
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/w6a.jpgLightning strikes over buildings during a thunderstorm in Belgrade. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters
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South Africa
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/w7a.jpgA long exposure picture shows the seasonal fog illuminated by the lights of Cape Town harbour as the city prepares for the start of the southern hemisphere winter. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters
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Brazil
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/w8a.jpgResidents ride a motorcycle over the dried Rio de Contas river in Porto Alegre community in Bahia state, northeast Brazil. Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
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United States
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/w9a.jpgTwo men look out over the San Francisco skyline from above Dolores Park following a rain shower in San Francisco. Photograph: Robert Galbraith/Reuters
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Brazil
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/w10a.jpgCattle walk in the waters of an area flooded by the rising Rio Solimoes, one of the two main branches of the Amazon River, in Anama, 160km west of Manaus. Photograph: Bruno Kelly/Reuters
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Brazil
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/w11a.jpgResidents play volleyball in a street flooded by the rising Rio Solimoes, one of the two main branches of the Amazon River, in Anama, Brazil. Photograph: Bruno Kelly/Reuters
