Description
Added on the 12/01/2021 16:46:22 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Images of military police cars outside Rio de Janeiro's State hospital Getulio Vargas where wounded suspects of a police operation are being treated. At least nine people died in a police operation targeting criminal gangs in a complex da penha favela in Rio de Janeiro, the latest in a series of deadly security force raids across Brazil. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes hands over the keys of the Brazilian city to the Rei Momo - king of the carnival - marking the start of the first carnival since Covid-19 hit Brazil, promising a giant, glittering spectacle of pandemic catharsis. IMAGES
Two million doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 arrive in Rio de Janeiro, after they were brought from India via Sao Paulo. IMAGES
Images show people and ambulances at the entrance to Rio de Janeiro's Miguel Couto hospital, in coronavirus-stricken Brazil, as the total confirmed deaths from Covid-19 around the world pass two million. IMAGES
Madonna arrives at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, where she will perform a free mega-concert in May to close out her "Celebration" tour. IMAGES
Glittering in fanciful, flesh-flaunting costumes, thousands of Brazilians bouncing to sultry samba beats strut their stuff as Rio de Janeiro kicks off its famed carnival parade competition. IMAGES