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A person takes pictures next to the Cristo Protector statue, under construction in Encantado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 12 April 2021 (issued 13 April 2021). On a hill in southern Brazil, the skeleton of a huge statue has been growing for a little over a year. It is the so-called Cristo Protector, a 43-meter high monument that aims to combine religious devotion and the promotion of tourism. This statue is promoted as one of the 'largest in the world' in honour of Jesus of Nazareth, after a similar one inaugurated in 2010 in the Polish city of Swiebodzin, which measures 52 meters, and as 'the tallest in Brazil' with five meters more than the Cristo Redentor of Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Daniel Marenco/EPA/EFE)
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