The images he would capture - a young woman, kneeling over her husband's body, overcome with grief and surrounded by heavily armed police - ultimately would appear on the front pages of Brazil's two largest newspapers. They resonated in a city fed up with violence, where residents say shootouts among aggressive criminal gangs and a notoriously deadly police force are common. Then another family was taken hostage in a house nearby, by another heavily armed group. Surrounded by police dressed in military-style gear, the images show the young woman collapsing in despair as she recognizes the body. "I want to ask whoever is in that life to get out," Juliana told Moraes, choking back tears.

Source: The Star August 29, 2020 22:52 UTC