Two Dutch artists are transforming a shanty town clinging to the hillside in Rio de Janeiro using buckets of bright neon colored paint. With the help of local youths in the Santa Marta slum, stacks of huts on several streets are now a kaleidoscope of color. As of yesterday, the project has gone global, raising $112,000 through an online fundraising campaign with the goal of painting the entire community.
King Marcio may not have the most glamorous castle in the world, but his attitude towards his sandy home seems pretty reasonable.
Joao Augusto wasn't able to catch the Shih Tzu in his arms, but he was able to cushion her fall.
When a middle school teacher was enduring financial hardship, his students couldn't bear to see him distressed – so they all pitched in to help.
Watch as this blind mom-to-be feels her baby's face using a 3D printout of the sonogram.
This 23-year-old artist has come up with the most adorable way to recycle discarded tires cluttering up his city streets.
When a polite, allegedly homeless, man insisted on using all his hard-earned money to pay for an expensive meal, the restaurant made him a 'special offer'
A former landfill in a Rio de Janeiro slum has been turned into a park thanks to a group of dedicated volunteers. People came here to get rid of old refrigerators, stoves, tires and even their dead dogs, said Mauro Quintanilha, a musician and craftsman who started the initiative to create a green oasis out of the pungent garbage dump.
On June 6, 2006 the Brazilian government announced the creation of protected areas of the Amazon rainforest totaling 6.2 million acres, including The Juruena National Park, now the third largest park in Brazil (4.7 million acres).
Brazil's first astronaut docked at the International Space Station. In Brazil, his family and countrymen are overcome with pride.
Painting the streets in Brazil has become an annual tradition, bringing generations of soccer fans together and spreading joy and pride throughout the community. With the help of Google Maps, people around the world can see how the green and yellow enthusiasm is brought to life in every neighborhood. (Watch)
Global advertising giant JWT paired two of its clients, a Brazilian cancer center with Warner Bros., who enlisted their Justice League comic book illustrators to create superhero stories that transform chemotherapy into a "Superformula." They even made covers for intravenous bags with superhero logos.
Watch shelter dogs from Sao Paolo's slums prance around as "ball boys" on center court during a tennis match at the Brazil Open.
Deforestation of the Amazon has fallen to its lowest levels since records began in 1988, according to data recently released by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.
Nicholas Locke has turned his Brazilian livestock pastures back into rainforest–full of birds, reptiles, mammals and insects–and only 2 hours from Rio.
An Australian wins the Rubik's Cube World Championship by solving the buzzle in a matter of seconds, but couldn't break the record.
After 13 years in a tiny cage, you can see this circus lion's face light up the moment he knows he's free–and can roll in the grass. (WATCH)
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