Fisherman Alan Belucci inspects dead fish on the banks of the Piracicaba River in a rural area of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on Wednesday. The state's environmental agency alleges that the cause of their death is irregular dumping of industrial waste into the river. Andre Penner/AP hide caption
What Luiza Brina's music communicates is beyond words: spiritual transcendence. Daniela Paoliello/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
People cycle along the street in Afuá, a city in northern Brazil's Pará state, in January. Since 2002, this city on the banks of the Amazon River has been famously off limits to motor vehicles. Stefan Kolumban hide caption
Pop star Madonna, performing Saturday night at a massive free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pablo Porciuncula/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Residents evacuate from a neighborhood flooded by heavy rains, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Saturday, May 4, 2024. Carlos Macedo/AP hide caption
Elon Musk appears at an event in London, on Nov. 2, 2023. A Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late April 7, into the executive for alleged obstruction. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
Former President Jair Bolsonaro addresses supporters during a rally in Sao Paulo., Brazil, on Feb. 25, 2024. Andre Penner/AP hide caption
A patient is transferred to a hospital after receiving medical care at an improvised military aid station set up to treat suspected cases of dengue fever in the administrative region of Ceilandia, on the outskirts of Brasilia, on February 6, 2024. Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Joyce Cecília, 27, member of the Brilhetes all-women bate-bola crew after the group's first carnival outing in Anchieta, Rio de Janeiro on February 09, 2023. María Magdalena Arréllaga for NPR hide caption
Is the series of snowy storms in North America making you a little ... um ... squirrely? Well imagine if this was the first time you ever saw snow in your life! We reached out to people in the Global South and other parts to share their stories of the first time they saw snow. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Brazil's government is looking to double down on the country's school feeding program, along with other efforts to alleviate post-pandemic poverty. Tuane Fernandes for NPR hide caption
Taylor Swift fans wait for the doors of Nilton Santos Olympic stadium to open for her Eras Tour concert amid a heat wave in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. A 23-year-old Taylor Swift fan died Friday night after suffering from cardiac arrest due to heat at the concert, according to a statement from the show's organizers in Brazil. Silvia Izquierdo/AP hide caption
Dr. Matthew Harris visits the primary health-care center where he worked in Brazil 20 years ago. The author of Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation: Low-Cost Solutions from Low-Income Countries says: "I really think that if people had been more receptive to learning from Brazil 20 years ago, we could have had an army of community health workers in [the U.K.] by now." Courtesy Dr. Matthew Harris hide caption
Palestinians conduct a search and rescue operation after the second bombardment by the Israeli army in the last 24 hours at Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza, on Wednesday. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press as he leaves the Federal Police headquarters where he gave testimony about his actions related to the Jan. 8 attacks on government buildings in the capital, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
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The city of Derna, Libya on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Floods from extreme rain killed thousands of people and washed entire neighborhoods into the sea. Muhammad J. Elalwany/AP hide caption
Police officers check a house as residents wade through a flooded street after floods caused by a cyclone in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Monday. Diogo Zanatta/Futura Press/AP hide caption
Ukrainian refugee Anastasiia Ivanova says her faith is what's helped her get through all of her trials. She brought her Bible with her when the family fled Kharkiv for a new home in Brazil. But a new crisis made her wonder if Brazil was the right place for her. Gabriela Portilho/NPR hide caption
Erica Lacerda de Souza, Bruce Lee Sousa and son Henrique of São Paulo, Brazil, lost their home during the pandemic but got a fresh start from a program that offers tiny houses to homeless people. At first they said no — it seemed too good to be true. Felipe Iruata for NPR hide caption
Brazil forward Marta waves after the World Cup match against Jamaica in Melbourne on Wednesday. William West/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Marta and the Brazilian women's soccer team walk around the field greeting fans after a friendly match against Chile ahead of the World Cup, in Brasília, Brazil, on July 2. María Magdalena Arréllaga for NPR hide caption
An officer of the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) takes part in an operation against Amazon deforestation at an illegal mining camp, known as garimpo, at the Yanomami territory in Roraima State, Brazil, on February 24. Alan Chaves/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Coffee fruit dries in the late-afternoon sun on a farm in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Lucas Neves hide caption