The photographer, known for his stark images of struggle and magnetic portraits, was dispatched to Brazil, where his primary ... life of grinding poverty in a favela named Catacomb — Catacumba ...

The World Cup is cosmetic. They use it to put makeup on Brazil." A man bathes in a favela near Rio de Janeiro. (Getty Images) On the subway, Joao repeats a desire he's voiced to me before — that ...

In Brazil’s favelas, residents live with a constant ... the boot of their police car in the northeastern state of Sergipe. Images recorded by witnesses show the officers pinning Santos down ...

The UN Information Centre in Rio de Janeiro engages with local audiences in Brazil ... Maré favelas. We are also creating street art, banners and producing videos, articles and images," explains ...

Hymns and prayers from tiny church services spill into the night. It’s an ordinary Wednesday in Brazil’s biggest favela, or low-income neighborhood. And for the first time since poverty ...

The extreme heat worried Cassiano. And as a long-time favela resident, he knew he couldn’t depend on Brazil’s government to create better living conditions for his neighbors, the majority of ...

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Cosme Felippsen’s nephew was 17 years old when he was killed by Brazil’s military police in a Rio de Janeiro alley nicknamed the Gaza Strip. “Almost every favela ...

Houses in Brazil's informal working-class communities known as favelas are often built closely together, using scrap metal for roofs. Green roofs absorb heat and act as insulators for buildings ...