Cartoonist Talita Grass’s home was subsumed by the flooding in Rio Grande do Sul and now she is trying to recover her things from the mud’s destruction 

Cacique Cláudio Acosta’s village in Charqueadas, Rio Grande do Sul, was surrounded by floodwaters for ten days. After five days without clean water to drink, they had to improvise a well

Animal protector Isis Brancher has saved horses, cows, sheep, and many other animals from drowning in Porto Alegre’s floodwaters. In this illustrated report, she talks about why she decided to focus her efforts on the planet’s “wisest beings”