August 29, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Most Favelas in Brazil have been getting hit hard by the new Covid-19 health crisis. Within the Favela of Santa Marta, situated in the middle of Rio de Janeiro, has had to fend for itself in order to prevent too much death. Locals have organized themselves to clean the many dotted streets and walls and buildings of the favela without any government help. The various armed gangs controlling the favela have also enforced a strict confinement order to help prevent the spread. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

August 29, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Most Favelas in Brazil have been getting hit hard by the new Covid-19 health crisis. Within the Favela of Santa Marta, situated in the middle of Rio de Janeiro, has had to fend for itself in order to prevent too much death. Locals have organized themselves to clean the many dotted streets and walls and buildings of the favela without any government help. The various armed gangs controlling the favela have also enforced a strict confinement order to help prevent the spread. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

August 29, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Most Favelas in Brazil have been getting hit hard by the new Covid-19 health crisis. Within the Favela of Santa Marta, situated in the middle of Rio de Janeiro, has had to fend for itself in order to prevent too much death. Locals have organized themselves to clean the many dotted streets and walls and buildings of the favela without any government help. The various armed gangs controlling the favela have also enforced a strict confinement order to help prevent the spread. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 1, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Brazil has now entered a tense recession due to the damages done by the new Covid-19. An estimation of a loss of 9.7% has been brought forward by specialists to descrive Brazil’s economic plunge. Favelas and its many poor living in these areas are expected to suffer the most. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 1, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Brazil has now entered a tense recession due to the damages done by the new Covid-19. An estimation of a loss of 9.7% has been brought forward by specialists to descrive Brazil’s economic plunge. Favelas and its many poor living in these areas are expected to suffer the most. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 1, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Brazil has now entered a tense recession due to the damages done by the new Covid-19. An estimation of a loss of 9.7% has been brought forward by specialists to descrive Brazil’s economic plunge. Favelas and its many poor living in these areas are expected to suffer the most. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 1, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Brazil has now entered a tense recession due to the damages done by the new Covid-19. An estimation of a loss of 9.7% has been brought forward by specialists to descrive Brazil’s economic plunge. Favelas and its many poor living in these areas are expected to suffer the most. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 1, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Brazil has now entered a tense recession due to the damages done by the new Covid-19. An estimation of a loss of 9.7% has been brought forward by specialists to descrive Brazil’s economic plunge. Favelas and its many poor living in these areas are expected to suffer the most. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 1, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Brazil has now entered a tense recession due to the damages done by the new Covid-19. An estimation of a loss of 9.7% has been brought forward by specialists to descrive Brazil’s economic plunge. Favelas and its many poor living in these areas are expected to suffer the most. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 1, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Brazil has now entered a tense recession due to the damages done by the new Covid-19. An estimation of a loss of 9.7% has been brought forward by specialists to descrive Brazil’s economic plunge. Favelas and its many poor living in these areas are expected to suffer the most. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 1, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Brazil has now entered a tense recession due to the damages done by the new Covid-19. An estimation of a loss of 9.7% has been brought forward by specialists to descrive Brazil’s economic plunge. Favelas and its many poor living in these areas are expected to suffer the most. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 2, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. An important member of the Santa Marta favela community has just died from Covid-19. The 60 year old man is being burried in the largest cemetary of South America situated in the Botafogo quarters of Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 2, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. An important member of the Santa Marta favela community has just died from Covid-19. The 60 year old man is being burried in the largest cemetary of South America situated in the Botafogo quarters of Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 2, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. An important member of the Santa Marta favela community has just died from Covid-19. The 60 year old man is being burried in the largest cemetary of South America situated in the Botafogo quarters of Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 2, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. An important member of the Santa Marta favela community has just died from Covid-19. The 60 year old man is being burried in the largest cemetary of South America situated in the Botafogo quarters of Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 2, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. An important member of the Santa Marta favela community has just died from Covid-19. The 60 year old man is being burried in the largest cemetary of South America situated in the Botafogo quarters of Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 2, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. An important member of the Santa Marta favela community has just died from Covid-19. The 60 year old man is being burried in the largest cemetary of South America situated in the Botafogo quarters of Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 2, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. An important member of the Santa Marta favela community has just died from Covid-19. The 60 year old man is being burried in the largest cemetary of South America situated in the Botafogo quarters of Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 5, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Brazil has surpassed 125 thousand dead from the new Covid-19 since the health crisis began in March of this year. The poorer parts of the largest South American nation, and especially the favelas, have been hit hard due to rampant poverty, lack of sanitation and close proximity of its inhabitants. Though the numbers have been declining, there is still a risk that the virus could come back in the fall. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 5, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Brazil has surpassed 125 thousand dead from the new Covid-19 since the health crisis began in March of this year. The poorer parts of the largest South American nation, and especially the favelas, have been hit hard due to rampant poverty, lack of sanitation and close proximity of its inhabitants. Though the numbers have been declining, there is still a risk that the virus could come back in the fall. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie/Polaris Images)

September 5, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Brazil has surpassed 125 thousand dead from the new Covid-19 since the health crisis began in March of this year. The poorer parts of the largest South American nation, and especially the favelas, have been hit hard due to rampant poverty, lack of sanitation and close proximity of its inhabitants. Though the numbers have been declining, there is still a risk that the virus could come back in the fall. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie/Polaris Images)

September 5, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Brazil has surpassed 125 thousand dead from the new Covid-19 since the health crisis began in March of this year. The poorer parts of the largest South American nation, and especially the favelas, have been hit hard due to rampant poverty, lack of sanitation and close proximity of its inhabitants. Though the numbers have been declining, there is still a risk that the virus could come back in the fall. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie/Polaris Images)

September 14, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Multiple families and individuals inside the favelas are still recuperating from Covid-19 after contracting it. The survivors from this new sickness are the lucky ones as many died home as their families did not want to try their luck in a hospital system which could have killed them anyway. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie/Polaris Images)

September 14, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Multiple families and individuals inside the favelas are still recuperating from Covid-19 after contracting it. The survivors from this new sickness are the lucky ones as many died home as their families did not want to try their luck in a hospital system which could have killed them anyway. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie/Polaris Images)

September 15, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro’s favelas have been hit full force by the new Covid as the local economies have been decimated by the partially inforced quanrantine and business restrictions. . (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie/Polaris Images)

September 15, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro’s favelas have been hit full force by the new Covid as the local economies have been decimated by the partially inforced quanrantine and business restrictions. . (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie/Polaris Images)

September 20, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. A pastor is blessing locals in the Santa Marta favela, known for its drug traffikcing and violence. situated in the middle of Rio de Janeiro, this favela is in direct contact with the more secured portions of the city. Since Covid-19 hit the South American nation, the ppors ahve taken the brunt of the economic crisis looming over head. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie/Polaris Images)

September 20, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. A pastor is blessing locals in the Santa Marta favela, known for its drug traffikcing and violence. situated in the middle of Rio de Janeiro, this favela is in direct contact with the more secured portions of the city. Since Covid-19 hit the South American nation, the ppors ahve taken the brunt of the economic crisis looming over head. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie/Polaris Images)

September 20, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. A pastor is blessing locals in the Santa Marta favela, known for its drug traffikcing and violence. situated in the middle of Rio de Janeiro, this favela is in direct contact with the more secured portions of the city. Since Covid-19 hit the South American nation, the ppors ahve taken the brunt of the economic crisis looming over head. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 20, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. A pastor is blessing locals in the Santa Marta favela, known for its drug traffikcing and violence. situated in the middle of Rio de Janeiro, this favela is in direct contact with the more secured portions of the city. Since Covid-19 hit the South American nation, the ppors ahve taken the brunt of the economic crisis looming over head. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 20, 2020 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. A pastor is blessing locals in the Santa Marta favela, known for its drug traffikcing and violence. situated in the middle of Rio de Janeiro, this favela is in direct contact with the more secured portions of the city. Since Covid-19 hit the South American nation, the ppors ahve taken the brunt of the economic crisis looming over head. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 22, 2020 - Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil. The Northern State of Amazonia has been very hard with the health crisis of Covid-19. However, as times passed by, the new Covid has slowed down leaving room for the next upcoming crisis: the economy. The locale conomy is currently teetering also due to the lack of government help and structural presence in the region. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 22, 2020 - Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil. The Northern State of Amazonia has been very hard with the health crisis of Covid-19. However, as times passed by, the new Covid has slowed down leaving room for the next upcoming crisis: the economy. The locale conomy is currently teetering also due to the lack of government help and structural presence in the region. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 22, 2020 - Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil. The Northern State of Amazonia has been very hard with the health crisis of Covid-19. However, as times passed by, the new Covid has slowed down leaving room for the next upcoming crisis: the economy. The locale conomy is currently teetering also due to the lack of government help and structural presence in the region. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 22, 2020 - Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil. The Northern State of Amazonia has been very hard with the health crisis of Covid-19. However, as times passed by, the new Covid has slowed down leaving room for the next upcoming crisis: the economy. The locale conomy is currently teetering also due to the lack of government help and structural presence in the region. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 22, 2020 - Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil. The Northern State of Amazonia has been very hard with the health crisis of Covid-19. However, as times passed by, the new Covid has slowed down leaving room for the next upcoming crisis: the economy. The locale conomy is currently teetering also due to the lack of government help and structural presence in the region. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 22, 2020 - Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil. The Northern State of Amazonia has been very hard with the health crisis of Covid-19. However, as times passed by, the new Covid has slowed down leaving room for the next upcoming crisis: the economy. The locale conomy is currently teetering also due to the lack of government help and structural presence in the region. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 22, 2020 - Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil. The Northern State of Amazonia has been very hard with the health crisis of Covid-19. However, as times passed by, the new Covid has slowed down leaving room for the next upcoming crisis: the economy. The locale conomy is currently teetering also due to the lack of government help and structural presence in the region. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 25, 2020 - Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil. The great northern city of Brazil has seen a decline in its Covid-19 cases for a few straight weeks now. However, its local government is thinking of applying further restrictions as infected people are on the rise again in various countries around the world. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)

September 25, 2020 - Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil. The great northern city of Brazil has seen a decline in its Covid-19 cases for a few straight weeks now. However, its local government is thinking of applying further restrictions as infected people are on the rise again in various countries around the world. (Photo by Jonathan Alpeyrie)