Julieta Paredes uses milk of magnesia in her eyes to ease the effects of tear gas bombs used by the military police to disperse protests against the bill known as “Marco Temporal” on the Bandeirantes highway in São Paulo, Brazil. The bill would limit the recognition of new indigenous reserves, a decision seen by environmentalists…
Record flooding in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul caused devastation and affected the local population, displacing more than 600,000 people. Families lost their homes, their possessions, and their livelihoods. According to state authorities, 183 people lost their lives. In total, 2.39 million residents were affected by the floods, which caused significant human…