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This image provided by World Press Photo, part of a series titled Amazonian Dystopia, by Lalo de Almeida for Folha de Sao Paulo/Panos Pictures which won the World Press Photo Long-Term Project award,, shows A member of the Quilombola community – an Afro-Brazilian community consisting of Black Brazilians, some of whom are descendants of enslaved peoples from the African continent – lies passed out drunk on a bench, in Pedras Negras, Sao Francisco do Guapore, Rondonia, Brazil, January 29, 2021. The process of providing land deeds to communities started by former enslaved people was already slow before Jair Bolsonaro's election. It has now stalled completely, as a result of the president's resolve not to demarcate further land for such communities in the Amazon. (Photo by Lalo de Almeida for Folha de Sao Paulo/Panos Pictures/World Press Photo via AP Photo)
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