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Mar 11 '09 photo, Brazilian Amazon: woman holding naked child while being pushed away from her home by riot police

Eviction
An woman holds her naked child while trying to resist the advance of Amazonas state policemen who were expelling the woman and some 200 other members of the Landless Movement from a privately-owned tract of land on the outskirts of Manaus, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon March 11, 2008. The landless peasants tried in vain to resist the eviction with bows and arrows against police using tear gas and trained dogs.
Winner in General News Singles category, 2008 World Press Photo of the Year.
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Photos courtesy of Reuters/Luiz Vasconcelos-A Critica/AE (BRAZIL)
Original Source: Reuters
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