Students of the Ballet Manguinhos School practice dance movements after a photo session at the Manguinhos favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 27, 2022. About 400 students between six and 29 years old take free dance classes in Ballet Manguinhos – a kind of oasis in a neighbourhood that lives under the sway of drug trafficking and where classes are regularly interrupted by shootings during police operations – and which is now facing the possibility of closure due to financial difficulties. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel/AFP Photo)
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