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Tourists gather at a viewpoint atop Rio de Janeiro's Sugarloaf Mountain and visit the iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer, one of the Brazilian city's main attractions, as they reopen to the public after remaining closed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. IMAGES
Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue lights up in memory of Pele, one year after the Brazilian football legend died aged 82. IMAGES
Brazil's iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro is lit up in green on World Environment Day, which coincides with commemorations marking one year since British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered in the Amazon. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 15 (EFE) .- The Christ of Corcovado, the most iconic image of Brazil in the world, as well as the Sugarloaf Mountain, the aquarium and the giant wheel, the main tourist attractions of Rio de Janeiro, reopened Saturday, despite the still worrying expansion of the virus in the country.(Camera: JANAINA QUINET / ANTONIO LACERDA)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE REOPENING OF CHRIST THE REDEEMER IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. SOUNDBITES: THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT, RICARDO SALLES AND OF TÁBATA CHAGAS DA MATA AND TALITA ROSA MANSUR, VISITORS (ALL IN PORTUGUESE):SALLES:- "THE REOPENING OF THE CHRIST SYMBOLIZES THE REOPENING OF BRAZIL TO TOURISM, TO DEVELOPMENT, TO ENVIRONMENTAL CARE, TO ALL SOCIAL CONCERNS THAT THE PRESIDENT (JAIR BOLSONARO) HAS HAD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THAT DIFFICULT MOMENT".CHAGAS DA MATA:- "I WANTED TO BRING MY HUSBAND IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE HE HAD NEVER SEEN THE CHRIST. ALSO BECAUSE I WANTED TO REMEMBER HOW IT WAS, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I WAS A GIRL.MANSUR:- "IT'S A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE, WITH NEW PROTOCOLS, BUT IT'S A HUGE EXCITEMENT TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE CITY AGAIN FROM UP HERE AND SEE THE CHRIST FROM NEAR."
Christ the Redeemer, the emblematic monument of Rio de Janeiro, plunges into darkness for an hour on Saturday as part of a global campaign to raise awareness about climate change and its impact on the planet's vanishing plant and animal life. IMAGES.
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