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Residents guard their belongings near houses that are set on fire at Capao Redondo slum in the outskirts of Sao Paulo

24 Aug 2009

Source: Reuters

Residents guard their belongings near houses that are set on fire at Capao Redondo slum in the outskirts of Sao Paulo August 24, 2009. Residents set fire to houses in protest after police and officials removed 800 families from the slum which had been illegally occupied since 2007. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL DISASTER SOCIETY)
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Residents guard their belongings near houses that are set on fire at Capao Redondo slum in the outskirts of Sao Paulo August 24, 2009. Residents set fire to houses in protest ...

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