The flooding and landslide devastation outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was a terrible tragedy and whilst we cannot control the weather let us hope the authorities do all they can to prevent people forced to live in areas at risk and so help prevent a similar loss of life.
One of the saddest pictures I saw of the tragedy was the one above of Leao a mongrel (Heinz 57 as we affectionately call them in the UK), the mixed breed dog that refused to leave his owner Cristina Maria Cesario Santana's grave.
For two days, Leao sat beside his owner's grave in Teresopolis, near Rio de Janeiro, the area hardest hit by the flooding. It was the country's worst flood disaster on record.
And while countless efforts were made to help the humans in this flood, somehow this image of the loyal dog that will never fetch a ball with his owner or sleep on her feet again is one of the most gut wrenching.
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