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Added on the 11/02/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
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
Residents of Duque de Caxias in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro save their belongings after heavy rains flooded their homes. The rainstorm hit particularly hard the northern parts of Rio, where 11 people died due to landslides, drownings, and electrocutions. Firefighters are still searching for a woman who went missing after her car fell into a river. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro welcomes the start of 2024 with fireworks over its famous Copacabana beach. IMAGES
Images of trash on fire in the streets of Rio de Janeiro as suspected paramilitary militia members torched 35 buses in the city after one of their leaders was killed in a police operation. IMAGES
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