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Over the weekend, The Guardian published the first known photos of an uncontacted community living in the Amazon. The group is called the Massaco, named after a local river. But what they call themselves, like many other details, remains unknown. The World’s Host Marco Werman spoke to John Reid, one of the series’ co-authors, about Brazil’s policies to avoid direct contact with communities like the Massaco.