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Brazilian police arrested five people on Tuesday, including three employees of the giant mining company Vale, as part of an investigation into a dam rupture that left at least 65 dead and 279 missing. Photography by Francisco Proner/Farpa and Ian Cheibub/The Globe and Mail

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Nossa Senhora das Dores church, in Corrego do Feijão is used as a support base for military firefighters and search groups.The Globe and Mail

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Members of a search group look for bodies through the brush of what was the garage of the damn that collapsed.The Globe and Mail

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Onlooker and firefighters stand at a road blocked while authorities survey a flooded area.The Globe and Mail

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A firefighter talks to people at an improvised shelter about the news of the latest operation to find bodies after the dam collapse in Minas Gerais, Brazil.Ian Cheibub/The Globe and Mail

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A member of a search group smokes a cigarette in the area where part of the structure of dam collapsed.The Globe and Mail

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A firefighter removes mud after searching for bodies from the collapsed dam at the improvised base in Nossa Senhora das Dores Church, Corrego do Feijão, Brumadinho.The Globe and Mail

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Nilton Cesar Ferreira (left), 38, looks at the landscape of the destroyed area while his search group looks for bodies.Ian Cheibub/The Globe and Mail

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Helicopter takes a search team to the area where the main structure of the dam collapsed.The Globe and Mail

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