A worker from the Acao da Cidadania (Citizenship Action) NGO organizes water bottles to be donated to the victims of the Rio Grande do Sul floods in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 9, 2024. Teams raced against the clock Thursday to deliver aid to flood-stricken communities in southern Brazil before the arrival of new storms forecast to batter the region again. Some 400 municipalities have been affected by the worst natural calamity ever to hit the state of Rio Grande do Sul, with at least 107 people dead and hundreds injured. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP) (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images)
