Brazil

The Pantanal, Brazil’s wetlands region, covers an area roughly the size of England. Although this region is typically flooded for much of the year, droughts have led to wildfires, destroying large swaths of vegetation and wildlife. 

Balneário Camboriú is known as Brazil’s Dubai for the rows of skyscrapers that line the beachfront. It’s home to the three tallest buildings in Brazil. But there’s another city that Balneário Camboriú seems to be increasingly emulating: Orlando, Florida, for its theme parks.

Prudentópolis, in southern Brazil, was founded by immigrants from Ukraine in the late 1800s. They’ve clung to their culture, and in recent years, they’ve also welcomed Ukrainians displaced by war.

Billionaire Elon Musk has closed the Brazilian offices of his social media platform X, formerly Twitter. It’s part of a battle that’s playing out all over the world: Does free speech include the right to spread hate and misinformation? 

Over the weekend, 400 drummers performed together in the southern Brazilian city of Florianopolis. Thousands of people turned out to listen to the largest annual drumming orchestra in the Americas.