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‘The flood knocked all the trees down, right? They’re all dead, dry’

Pablito Aguiar ,

Alvorada ,

Rio Grande do Sul ,

12 September 2024

Rosane Kressin forages for firewood with her husband in the Passo de Estrela neighborhood, which used to be full of life and is now completely in ruins

Reporting in comics: Pablito Aguiar
Fact-checker: Plínio Lopes
Proofreader (Portuguese): Valquíria Della Pozza
Spanish translation: Meritxell Almarza
English translation: Sarah J. Johnson
Copyediting and finishing: Natália Chagas
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Editor-in-chief: Talita Bedinelli
Editorial director: Eliane Brum

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