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A woman paddles with her dog at Arpoador beach during a summer day in Rio de Janeiro January 31, 2014. This has been the hottest January on record in parts of Brazil, and the heat plus a severe drought has fanned fears of water shortages, crop damage, and higher electricity bills that could drag down the economy during an election year for President Dilma Rousseff.Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
