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Photo: Luiz Fernando Ribeiro, CC-BY 4.0 The Tiny New Species of Pumpkin Toadlet Is Giving Me Cuteness Rage
Doesn’t it just make you sick?
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Photo: Brunomartinsimagens / Getty Images The Stunning First and Final Bloom of Rio de Janeiro’s Talipot Palm Trees
Once the flowers dwindle, the palms will naturally die.
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Not the lions in question. Photo: yatigra / Getty Images Man Mauled to Death After Climbing Into Zoo’s Lion Enclosure
“The blame is never on the animal. We need to reinforce respect and awareness when dealing with wildlife.”
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Brazilian Gamers Are Playing as Their Favorite Favela Gang Members
We spoke to two modders who’ve been turning the first-person shooter Squad into a simulation of Brazil’s civil war.
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Would You Visit an Island Populated by Venomous Snakes? We Did.
Snake Island is real—and it doesn’t want you there.
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All photos: Tommaso Protti How I Photographed the Most Violent Places in South America
For over a decade, Tommaso Protti has been capturing this lawless frontier—from murder scenes in the drug-infested urban Amazon, to migrant nightmare train “The Beast.”
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Aline Tamara Moreira de Amorim. Photo via Instagram Two Influencers Drown After Saying Life Jackets Would Ruin Their Tans
The speedboat they were on capsized in waters off the coast of São Paulo known as the Devil’s Throat.


