RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — On Tuesday, police in Rio de Janeiro launched an operation in two of the city’s favelas that left 121 dead, including four police officers, and an unknown number of people ...

A line of tourists touch up their makeup before strutting across a rooftop in Rio de Janeiro's largest favela, posing for a drone as it zooms out to show dramatic aerial views of the hillside ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A member of a Brazilian tactical police unit stands on a vehicle during an operation against drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro's ...

After the deadliest police operation ever carried out in Brazil, Catholic Church authorities spoke out in defense of the dignity of every human life, stressing that hatred and indifference will not ...

Behind the bronze, silver and gold curtain of the 2016 Olympics sits the favelas of Rio — neighborhoods stained by poverty, murder and gangs. More than 11,000 supreme athletes from across the world ...

Brazilian soldiers were deployed to Rio de Janeiros crime-plagued Rocinha favela for the second consecutive day Wednesday to support police after shootouts between rival crime gangs. Heavily-armed ...

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