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*A UPP soldier reacts to the distant sound of a gunshot by taking out his gun in the Sao Carlos shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. March 7, 2012.*
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*UPP soldiers on patrol in the Sao Carlos shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. March 7, 2012.*
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*Several teenagers play soccer in Rocinha, the largest shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nov. 26, 2012.*
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*View from the recently installed cableway that runs above a group of shantytowns knowns as Complexo Alemao, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. April 29, 2012.*
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*A youth jumps down a stairway with the word* peace *written on the wall in Rocinha, the biggest shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Feb. 22, 2012.*
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*UPP soldiers from the 2nd UPP of the 4th Military Police Battalion look at the Sao Carlos shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Feb. 28, 2012.*
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*Rocinha, the biggest shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nov. 26, 2012.*
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*Rocinha, the biggest shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2012.*
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*Different indigenous ethnic groups dance in a ritual ceremony after a protest against the demolition of the Instituto del Indio building (Indian Institute) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nov. 23, 2012. With the arrival of the World Cup and the Olympics, evictions and removals are becoming more frequent in affected communities.*
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*Several people playing soccer in the sunset on the beach of Ipanema, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Feb. 10, 2012.*
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*A resident of the Vidigal shantytown smokes marijuana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. March 14, 2012.*
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*Andre Lima, who lives in the Vidigal shantytown, observes a military police patrol car from the window of his hostel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Feb. 15, 2012.*
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*UPP soldiers take a break to eat during a 12-hour night patrol in the Sao Carlos shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Feb. 25, 2012.*
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*A model of the Vidigal shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. March 6, 2012.*
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