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Welcome to RioWelcome To Rio: In Pictures

Browse through some shots of the incredible characters from the programme.

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Thamires Bastos, a rising star in the world of funk (from a favela in the west of Rio)

She dreams of breaking out of the bonds that limit women’s opportunities in Rio.

  • Jorge Ribeiro Mariano, scavenging for gold and pieces of jewellery...
  • Rocky Luis Dos Santos Ferreira, a delivery man in the favela of Cantagalo...
  • Rocky Luis Dos Santos Ferreira and his grandson Kaue...
  • Diogo Da Cunha
  • Diogo Da Cunha
  • Thamires Bastos, a rising star in the world of funk (from a favela in the west of Rio)
  • Carlos Pereira Da Silva runs a local Residents Association
  • “Vinicius” Santana
  • Rosemary and Marcos Aurelio Pinto De Carvlho and their family
  • Rosemary and Marcos Aurelio Pinto De Carvlho

This gallery is from

  • Welcome to Rio

    Documentary series exploring Rio's shanty-towns, the favelas.

    BBC Two

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