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Brazilian table tennis star headed to Olympics and Paralympics

Bruna Alexandre is a table tennis player from Brazil. She will compete in the Olympics and, one month later, the Paralympics. She is one of only a handful of people in the world who will have been in both competitions in the history of the Games.

People stand next to offerings during a ceremony in honor of Yemanja, the goddess of the sea, which is part of New Year's celebrations to plea for relief from the coronavirus pandemic and asks for a better new year at Praia Vermelha beach in Rio de Janeir

Brazilians flock to the coast during the height of tourist season while coronavirus cases surge

Renata Teodoro (left) visits her mother, Gorete, in southern Brazil. Teodoro, 26, and her mother were photographed on the front page of the New York Times in June 2013 as they embraced through a metal fence on the US-Mexico border.

For a young, undocumented immigrant, a new program lets her live in the US and even visit her deported family

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Renata Teodoro (left) visits her mother, Gorete, in southern Brazil. Teodoro, 26, and her mother were photographed on the front page of the New York Times in June 2013 as they embraced through a metal fence on the US-Mexico border.

For a young, undocumented immigrant, a new program lets her live in the US and even visit her deported family

Global Politics