ANDRE PENNER

Japan's Princess Kako of Akishino pays tribute to early Japanese settlers during a wreath laying ceremony at the Japanese Pavilion in Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
AP PHOTOS: Princess Kako of Japan visits Brazil
 
Ana Paula Vilela holds her dolls during a group gathering to bond and show off their hyper-realistic reborn baby dolls, in a park in Sao Paulo, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
AP PHOTOS: ‘Reborn mothers’ gather in Sao Paulo for annual meet-up
SAO PAULO (AP) — Dozens of fans of hyper-realistic baby dolls known as “reborns” gathered at Villa Lobos Park, in Sao Paulo, for the 10th annual meet-up.
 
A drug addict smokes crack cocaine in a downtown area popularly known as "Crackland" in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
AP PHOTOS: Sao Paulo police clear the Crackland area as residents scatter and denounce abuse
The police forces under Gov.
 
Thousands of dead fish lie on the banks of the Piracicaba River in a rural area of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. The state's environmental agency alleges that the cause of their death is irregular dumping of industrial waste into the river. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Tons of dead fish cover major river in Brazil after alleged dumping of industrial waste
Several tons of fish have died along one of the main rivers in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state after an alleged illegal dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant.
 
Brazil police make arrests in graft probe linked to Temer
Federal police arrested several people Thursday in connection with an investigation into whether President Michel Temer accepted bribes for favors to companies operating at the country’s largest port, the attorney general’s office said.