The Life and Death of the Guajajara
Twenty-six-year-old Paulo Paulino Guajajara’s life was violently taken as he was trying to protect the territory of his people from the greed of those who only see money when they…
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Chinstrap penguins on Half Moon Island, in the South Shetlands of the Antarctic. © Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
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