An iron-ore train passes near the town of Baixo Guandu in the southereastern Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, Dec. 5, 2015, on one of the busiest railroads in Brazil. The number of trains shows the importance of the mining industry to the region, but a recent dam rupture at a mine hundreds of kilometers away has virtually killed a nearby the river and the livelyhood of communities all along it. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Patrons at a riverside restaurant in Colatina, in the southereastern Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, Dec. 5, 2015. Restaurante workers say the quantity and kind of patron there has changed since toxic sludge from a broken mining company dam arrived. Now there are fewer clients, and the ones that come cannot prepare food at home due to the crisis. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of the unusually orange Rio Doce in the southereastern Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, Dec. 5, 2015. Toxic sludge from a broken mining company dam hundreds of kilometers upriver has virtually killed the river and the livelyhood of communities all along it. It is considered the worst ecological disaster ever in Brazil. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
