Santa Maria, Brazil. 27th Jan, 2013. Police closed the Centro Desportivo Municipal (a sports centre) in Santa Maria so that 240 bodies from the Boate Kiss nightclub fire could be taken there. According to some reports the fire began after a band set off fireworks in the nightclub. Credit: Rafael Happke/Alamy Live News

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