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Rio de Janeiro

February 2020

  • Revellers carry the Mangueira samba school flag above the crowd during a rehearsal show in Rio de Janeiro on Jan. 25, 2020.

    The Guardian picture essay
    Rio Carnival takes a stand against Bolsonaro's divisive rhetoric

    As Rio de Janeiro prepares to kick off Carnival, Mangueira is one of several samba schools using the world’s biggest festival as a platform for protest, with their theme of a Jesus of the favela returning to a land with prophets of intolerance
  • A street rehearsal.

    From the agencies
    Rio's world-famous school for Samba – in pictures

    Such is the reputation of the Paraíso de Tuiuti samba school in Rio de Janeiro that dancers travel from as far afield as the UK, Russia and Japan to train in the ways of hip-swivelling and hot-stepping
  • Brazilian police in front of Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado Hill in Rio de Janeiro.

    Sun! Samba! Street crime! Red-faced Rio highlights the negative

    Instagram post about being robbed in the city is accidentally shared by tourist agency

January 2020

  • TOPSHOT-BRAZIL-WEATHER-LANDSLIDE<br>TOPSHOT - View of damages after a landslide in Vila Bernadete, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, on January 26, 2020. - A landslide buried several houses in Vila Bernadete Friday, leaving 4 dead and 7 missing. Two days of torrential rains in Minas Gerais state have left at least 30 people killed, several injured, 17 missing and more than 2,500 homeless following a series of landslides and house collapses, Civil Defence officials said. (Photo by DOUGLAS MAGNO / AFP) (Photo by DOUGLAS MAGNO/AFP via Getty Images)

    Scores dead as heavy rains bring landslides and evacuations in Brazil

    Storms have submerged entire neighborhoods and sent homes tumbling down hillsides, causing more than 30,000 to flee

September 2019

  • Daniele Felix, centre, protests against the death of her niece, Ágatha Félix, in the Complexo do Alemão favela in Rio.

    Brazilians blame Rio governor's shoot-to-kill policy for death of girl

  • Shot for Rio de Janeiro police killings story with the reporter Caio Barreto Briso. 48 Community, Bangu, Rio de Janeiro, RJ: 08/18/2019: Daniel Couto (21) lost his wife and had his 2-year-old son injured during a confrontation between traffickers and police at the 48 Community, Bangu. Margareth Teixeira, Daniel’s wife, was hit by several shots while she was with her son on her lap on the way to the church.

    'Caught defenseless in the crossfire': Rio families cope with deaths by police violence

August 2019

  • Police escort the bus that an armed man had seized taking dozens of hostages, on the bridge connecting the city of Niteroi to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. An armed man threatened to set the vehicle on fire with gasoline before police shot him dead in a four-hour standoff broadcast live on television. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

    Brazilian police sniper kills bus hijacker in Rio de Janeiro

    All 37 hostages onboard hijacked bus on bridge across Guanabara Bay survive ordeal
  • Jailed Brazilian drug trafficker Clauvino da Silva wore a mask, wig and glasses to try to break out of prison.

    Brazil gang leader dresses up as teenage daughter in jailbreak attempt

    Rio tabloids mock Clauvino da Silva’s botched escape, which also left his daughter, 19, inside

  • Foiled prison escape for Brazilian gang leader who tried to sneak out dressed as daughter – video

    An opportunistic inmate has been caught trying to flee jail by pretending to be his teenage daughter 

July 2019

  • Divers recover part of the tail section from the Air France A330 that crashed over the Atlantic on 1 June 2009

    Air France could face trial over 2009 crash of Rio-Paris flight

    Prosecutors say airline knew of problems with Airbus A330 plane that crashed, killing 228 people

May 2019

  • Wilson Witzel onboard the helicopter

    Rio governor branded a show-off after tweeting video during police operation

    Bolsonaro ally Wilson Witzel was onboard police helicopter when he tweeted the video

March 2019

  • Police in Brazil have exchanged gunfire with gang members as they escorted trucks carrying uranium to the Angra nuclear plant

    Brazilian drug gang opens fire on convoy of trucks carrying nuclear fuel

    Latest incident raises concerns about Brazil’s nuclear security in a state struggling with violent crime
  • Carnival revellers hold a banner that reads ‘Justice for Marielle’ in Rio de Janeiro

    Brazil: two ex-police officers arrested over murder of Marielle Franco

    Franco, an outspoken critic of police violence against favela residents, was killed in 2018, prompting international outrage

    • Rio carnival turns political as ‘Barbie Fascists’ defend women’s rights

    • Brazilians demand answers for Marielle Franco's murder at Rio carnival

    • Lights, sequins, samba: Rio carnival at the Sambadrome – in pictures

February 2019

  • A man wearing a Flamengo soccer kit prays during a memorial mass for the victims of the fire.

    Rio declares three days of mourning after fire kills 10 teenage footballers

    Flamengo president says it is ‘the worst tragedy to happen to the club in its 123 years’

January 2019

  • Celebrations at Bogota’s Pride parade in July 2018.

    Extreme cities
    Which is the world's most LGBT-friendly city?

    Even when cities seem progressive on the surface, the lived experience of members of the LGBT community can tell a dramatically different story

December 2018

  • Cecilia Haddad

    Cecilia Haddad murder: ex-boyfriend tells court that trip to Brazil planned in advance

  • Families squatting in Rio

    Urban eye
    Rio's squatter communities turn derelict buildings into homes – in pictures

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