Fresh downpours have caused further flooding, landslides, and panic in southeastern Brazil, where rescuers were still searching for 13 missing people on Thursday after a rainstorm that left 55 dead. A visual record of the tragedy from the South American country. PICS and TEXT/AFP

Conservative populist Laura Fernandez won Costa Rica`s presidency, promising to continue the aggressive reorienting of the Central American nation`s politics started by her political sponsor, outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves. (Pics/AFP)