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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Almost a year ago to the day, the jungle city of Manaus grabbed international headlines after a flood of COVID-19 deaths forced gravediggers to dig mass burials – catapulting the city into the centre of Brazil’s coronavirus outbreak. Those scenes are now being repeated throughout Brazil, where authorities are working day and night to bury the dead, with experts warning that the country’s funeral services could be the next to topple. Since the start of the year, an uncontrollable second wave has pushed Brazil over the 300,000 death mark. As the country continue...

The Makers Keeping the Ancient Art of Weaving Alive https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/t-magazine/weaving-handicrafts-oaxaca.html The Makers Keeping the Ancient Art of Weaving Alive Through thoughtful collaborations with Mexican artisans in Oaxaca and elsewhere, contemporary designers are helping to evolve — and protect — one of the world’s most enduring handicrafts. Clockwise from left: Mestiz Papalote, $7,500, ago-photo.com; M.A Gal Na Sak, $800, ma-work.mx; Phigmento Four Quadrates/Light Blue No. 2., $850, phigmento.com.Credit...Photograph by David Chow. Prop styling by Todd Knopk...

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Rafael da Silva, 56, a hospital security guard, had been battling with COVID-19 symptoms for just more than a week when they began to intensify. But when his family rushed him to hospital, he was sent home. “All the doctor did was offer him treatment as if it were a cold,” his son, Rafael da Silva Jr told Al Jazeera. After deteriorating for four days, he was again taken to a COVID-19 hospital with shortness of breath and put on oxygen. The doctors said da Silva Sr should be on a ventilator. “But there are no intensive care beds left,” his son said. “They a...