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The child pictured below is one of roughly 7 million 'street children' scattered amongst Brazil's cities. With the top 1% of Brazil intaking 50% of the nation's income, the common reason for the families' abandonment of these children is due to their inability to feed them, with a noticeably growing cause being AIDS. These children often fall subject to human trafficking in an attempt to stay fed, commonly begin consuming drugs at very young ages, and sadly only have a life expectancy of less than 18 years.
I met this street child on the port of Salvador. At the time we met, he was taking drugs beside the ocean under a tree to which he slept the night before (link #1). The following day, I found him walking through Old Town very drugged out, seemingly lost (link #2).
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Sadly, many also advocate that killing these children will prevent future human and drug trafficking. The infamous Candelaria Massacre, where it is believed that the killings of these children was staged by policemen, leaves a lasting impression on the struggles of these children. Those killed in the massacre are listed below:
Paulo Roberto de Oliveira, 11 years old
Anderson de Oliveira Pereira, 13 years old
Marcelo Cândido de Jesus, 14 years old
Valdevino Miguel de Almeida, 14 years old
"Gambazinho", 17 years old
Leandro Santos da Conceição, 17 years old
Paulo José da Silva, 18 years old
Marcos Antônio Alves da Silva, 20 years old
Elliott is 2 days away from being 14 months old in this picture. He was up late (almost 11pm) and I was helping tire him out to get him to go to bed :)
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Queen Mary 2 Marks the maiden transatlantic voyage of Britannia on the 4th July 1840 from Liverpool, marking 175 years to the date.
Liverpool Transatlantic 175
Name:Queen Mary 2
IMO:9241061
Flag:Bermuda
MMSI:310627000
Callsign:ZCEF6
Vessel type:Passengers Ship
Gross tonnage:148,528 tons
Summer DWT:19,189 tons
Length:345 m
Beam:41 m
Draught:10 m
Home port:Hamilton
Class society:Lloyd´s Shipping Register
Build year:2003
Builder:Chantiers De L´atlantique
Nantes Saint Nazaire, France
Owner:Carnival UK - London, U.K
I wrapped you inside my coat
When they came to firebomb the house
I didn't feel pain, 'cause no one can touch me
Now that I'm held in your spell...
Radiohead
"Punchdrunk lovesick singalong"
Countdown to Radiohead's first concert in Mexico.
Punta Chipehua
Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México.
No edition nor manipulation.
Sauszemes spēku Mehanizētās kājnieku brigādes 2. mehanizētā kājnieku bataljona karavīri piedalās ziemas apmācībās.
Foto: Gatis Dieziņš (Aizsardzības ministrija)
The marker indicating two kilometers into the Strait of Georgia, at Iona Beach Regional Park's south jetty. (Richmond, BC, Canada)
(Part of Guess Where Vancouver, Jun. 4/2008)