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Mermaid Carol Catan visits the Disabled Child Care Association (AACD) in Sao Paulo, Brazil June 8, 2017. Children with disabilities being treated at Brazil's hospitals, where economic hardship has crimped services, are getting an emotional lift from a mythical creature of the sea: a mermaid. But in this instance, the siren is quite real. Carol Catan has earned her living portraying a mermaid and teaching mermaiding since 2012, when she left her job of 10 years as a veterinarian. She is paid for performing at events such as children's parties but donates her time at hospitals. Dressed in costume with a long, shiny green tail, she chats with young patients and “they feel included, cherished. It is a very beautiful and gratifying thing”. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)
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