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Wearing a mask to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro greets people after a ceremony to deliver affordable homes built by the government, in a neighborhood of Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Apr. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Brazil's daily deaths from COVID pass 4,000 for first time

By Mauricio Savarese Apr. 06, 2021 07:04 PM EDT

Members of the God's Love Evangelical Church and Rehab Center pray for a woman in an area known as "cracolandia" or crackland, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, March 19, 2021. The group, led by Rev. Celio Ricardo has a long history of street preaching in the city, regularly venturing into the city’s “cracolandias,” to offer help. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
AP PHOTOS: Brazil pastor brings prayers to COVID-19 patients

By Felipe Dana Apr. 01, 2021 12:26 AM EDT

A line of vehicles curls around a COVID-19 vaccination point for priority elderly persons in the Ceilandia neighborhood, on the outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, March 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
As daily deaths near 4,000, worst may lie ahead for Brazil

By David Biller And Mauricio Savarese Mar. 27, 2021 09:15 AM EDT

People wait in line outside a public school to get a shot of China's Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine in Serrana, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Brazil's Butantan Institute has started a mass vaccination on Wednesday of the city's entire adult population, about 30,000 people, to test the virus' behavior in response to the vaccine. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Vaccination of whole Brazilian city spares it from shortages

By Diane Jeantet And Tatiana Pollastri Feb. 17, 2021 11:39 AM EST

A health worker checks the temperature of a passenger at Bandra train station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Health officials have detected a spike in COVID-19 cases in several pockets of Maharashtra state, including in Mumbai, the country's financial capital. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
The Latest: Hong Kong ease pandemic rules as cases decline

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2021 03:24 AM EST

Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcelo Crivella is escorted to a medical exam after his arrest, at the city police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. Rio de Janeiro state police arrested the outgoing mayor on Tuesday in connection with an alleged kickbacks scheme. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Rio de Janeiro police arrest outgoing Mayor Marcelo Crivella

By Mauricio Savarese And Diarlei Rodrigues Dec. 22, 2020 07:01 AM EST

Locals vote at a polling station during run-off municipal elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Center-right mayor beats socialist in Brazil's biggest city

By Mauricio Savarese And Marcelo Silva De Sousa Nov. 29, 2020 12:04 AM EST