Trash fire burns due to the lack of government assistance of trash disposal in the Mangueira community, or 'favela', which overlooks the famed...
Residents Luiza, Janubie, Leiticia, Anacleide and Lucas sit beneath an overpass near their houses in an impoverished area in the unpacified Complexo...
The Alemao shanty town is viewed from the Teleferico gondola line on October 8, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The formerly violent hillside...
Brazilian military police officer patrols after entering the unpacified Complexo da Mare, one of the largest 'favela' complexes in Rio, on March 30,...
Louis Carlos de Sousa looks on as Tania Gonzalves cools herself off with water from the one running water pipe that serves dozens of residents in a...
Isabelle da Costa de Sousa , who contracted Dengue fever twice, sits at a makeshift desk in the rubble of a former home next to construction in the...
Young residents play soccer in the Cantagalo shantytown community next to neighboring Pavao-Pavaozinho on February 11, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro,...
Father Jose Kalapura prepares to baptize Pedro during Easter Mass at the Capela Nossa Senhora de Fatima during Semana Santa in the Cantagalo shanty...
Resident Marcos Aurelio poses at a rehearsal in preparation for upcoming Carnival celeberations in the Prazeres 'favela' community on January 27,...
People walk as Brazilian Navy soldiers in a tank enter the unpacified Complexo da Mare, one of the largest 'favela' complexes in Rio, on March 30,...
People gather in the Cantagalo shantytown community on March 28, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pacified favela, and neighboring...
Claudia, a Bolsa Familia recipient, poses in her home in a delapidated section of the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes...
People mourn over the casket at the funeral of dancer Douglas Rafael da Silva, who was shot and killed, on April 24, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
Young family members wait to enter a communal marriage ceremony in the Jacarezinho pacified community, or shantytown, on January 17, 2014 in Rio de...
Resident walks over a makeshift bridge above a polluted stream in an impoverished area in the unpacified Complexo da Mare slum complex, one of the...
Claudia , a Bolsa Familia recipient, adjusts her hair in a delapidated section of the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes...
Brazilian Army soldier prepares to search a man in the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on August 12, 2014 in...
Man receives a haircut near the remains of demolished homes in the Metro Mangueira favela, located 750 meters from Maracana stadium, where Ecuador...
Makeshift water and other utility lines run in the Rocinha community, or favela, with the wealthy neighborhood of Sao Conrado in the distance on...
Competitor warms up ahead of the Passinho battle during celebrations marking Day of the Favela in the Madureira favela community on November 4, 2015...
Boy flies a kite in a section where some houses are constructed with wood and mud in the 'pacified' Pavao-Pavaozinho 'favela' community on March 20,...
Woman kisses a baby in the Cantagalo shantytown community on March 28, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pacified favela, and neighboring...