People, including members of the rescue teams, attend a mass at a site where buildings collapsed, to mark the anniversary of the 2017 earthquake, in the Tlalpan neighbourhood, in Mexico City, Mexico September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

A man wearing a protective mask attends a mass at a site where a building collapsed, to mark the anniversary of the 1985 earthquake, in Mexico City, Mexico September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

People, including members of the rescue teams attend a mass at a site where a building collapsed, to mark the anniversary of the 1985 earthquake, in Mexico City, Mexico September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

People, including members of the rescue teams attend a mass at a site where a building collapsed, to mark the anniversary of the 1985 earthquake, in Mexico City, Mexico September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

People, including members of the rescue teams attend a mass at a site where a building collapsed, to mark the anniversary of the 1985 earthquake, in Mexico City, Mexico September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

People, including members of the rescue teams attend a mass at a site where a building collapsed, to mark the anniversary of the 1985 earthquake, in Mexico City, Mexico September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

A view of a partially collapsed medical center next to the flooded Pamisos river, following a storm in the town of Mouzaki, in central Greece, September 19, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Giannis Floulis

A view of a partially collapsed medical center next to the flooded Pamisos river, following a storm in the town of Mouzaki, in central Greece, September 19, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Giannis Floulis

A view of a partially collapsed medical center next to the flooded Pamisos river, following a storm in the town of Mouzaki, in central Greece, September 19, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Giannis Floulis

A woman collapses as refugees and migrants from the destroyed Moria camp pray near a new temporary camp where they will be accommodated, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 13, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A Palestinian farmer drives a tractor as his family ride with him after collecting grapes amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

A Palestinian woman collects grapes amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

Palestinian women prepare sheets of "malban", or fruit leather made from dried grapes, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 8, 2020. Picture taken September 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

A Palestinian woman prepares sheets of "malban", or fruit leather made from dried grapes, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 8, 2020. Picture taken September 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

A Palestinian woman prepares sheets of "malban", or fruit leather made from dried grapes, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 8, 2020. Picture taken September 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

Palestinian women prepare sheets of "malban", or fruit leather made from dried grapes, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 8, 2020. Picture taken September 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

Palestinian women prepare sheets of "malban", or fruit leather made from dried grapes, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 8, 2020. Picture taken September 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

Machinery works at the site of buildings which collapsed by the explosion at the city's port area, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Volunteers dig through the rubble of buildings which collapsed by the explosion at the city's port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Francisco Lermanda, a member of the Chilean team attends a press conference after digging through the rubble of buildings which collapsed by the explosion at the city's port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Francisco Lermanda, a member of the Chilean team talks during a press conference after digging through the rubble of buildings which collapsed by the explosion at the city's port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Francisco Lermanda, a member of the Chilean team talks during a press conference after digging through the rubble of buildings which collapsed by the explosion at the city's port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Volunteers dig through the rubble of buildings which collapsed due to the explosion at the port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

A volunteer digs through the rubble of buildings which collapsed due to the explosion at the port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Volunteers and a member of the Chilean rescue team dig through the rubble of buildings which collapsed due to the explosion at the port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Volunteers and a Chilean rescue team member dig through the rubble of buildings which collapsed due to the explosion at the port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Chilean rescue team members dig through the rubble of buildings which collapsed by the last month's explosion at the city's port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanese civil defence members dig through the rubble of buildings which collapsed by the explosion at the city's port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Chilean rescue dog Flash, walks near collapsed buildings from last month's massive port blast in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The Chilean rescue team sits together, with their dog Flash, as they take a break from checking buildings that collapsed from last month's port blast in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

The Chilean rescue team sits together, with their dog Flash, as they take a break from checking buildings that collapsed from last month's port blast in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Volunteers dig through the rubble of a collapsed building after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carmen Yahchouchi

For Ricardo Moraes, a veteran photographer who for 11 years has documented for Reuters life in Rio de Janeiro's often dangerous cinderblock slums known as "favelas", work began at about 6 a.m. on Thursday, when he heard a radio report of a hostage situation in Sao Carlos, a sprawling tangle of hillside homes near the city center. The images he would capture - a young woman, kneeling over her husband's body, overcome with grief and surrounded by heavily armed police - ultimately would appear on the front pages of Brazil's two largest newspapers. They resonated in a city fed up with violence, where residents say shootouts among aggressive criminal gangs and a notoriously deadly police force are common. The incident culminating in the photographs began when a man who police later identified as a drug trafficker took a family of three hostage in an apartment building. He surrendered but hours later police exchanged gunfire with other suspects near the lobby, and the fighting quickly spilled into the surrounding area. Then another family was taken hostage in a house nearby, by another heavily armed group. As negotiations with police ensued, female relatives of the drug gang gathered nearby. Hours later, the hostage-takers surrendered and exited the second building. But one of them was missing. Behind the police, the women edged closer to the home. Sprawled on a staircase was a dead body. That is when the subject of Moraes' photograph broke into tears. Surrounded by police dressed in military-style gear, the images show the young woman collapsing in despair as she recognizes the body. Another woman comforts her. When Moraes visited the local morgue on Friday morning, he saw the woman again, distraught and surrounded by family. She agreed to talk. In a brief interview, the woman, who identified herself only as Juliana, said she was the wife of the slain man, who she named as Davi Barboza. She said she was four months pregnant with his child. She acknowledged he was a crimi

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) officials carry a dead body which was recovered from the debris after a five storey building collapsed in Mahad in Raigad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) officials carry a dead body which was recovered from the debris after a five storey building collapsed in Mahad in Raigad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

A man carries Mohammed Bangi, a four-year-old boy, as he leaves a hospital after he was rescued from the rubble at the site of a collapsed five-storey building in Mahad in Raigad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenha

Rescue workers carry Mohammed Bangi, a four-year-old boy, after he was rescued from the rubble at the site of a collapsed five-storey building in Mahad in Raigad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Rescue workers carry Mohammed Bangi, a four-year-old boy, after he was rescued from the rubble at the site of a collapsed five-storey building in Mahad in Raigad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) officials carry a dead body which was recovered from the debris after a five storey building collapsed in Mahad in Raigad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

A man reacts after a five storey building collapsed in Mahad in Raigad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) officials and a sniffer dog search for survivors in the debris after a five-story building collapsed in Mahad in Raigad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Rescue workers search for survivors in the debris after a five-story building collapsed in Mahad in Raigad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Rescue workers search for survivors in the debris after a five-story building collapsed in Mahad in Raigad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Rescue workers search for survivors in the debris after a five-story building collapsed in Mahad in Raigad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

De Borah Wells poses for a photo as a collapsed ceiling and cracks in the walls are seen in her kitchen, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., August 22, 2020. According to her she was threatened with eviction in August after speaking up about her landlord's treatment of tenants and complaining about the repairs her home needed. Picture taken August 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn

De Borah Wells stands outside her house with a collapsed ceiling and cracks in the walls, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., August 22, 2020. According to her she was threatened with eviction in August after speaking up about her landlord's treatment of tenants and complaining about the repairs her home needed. Picture taken August 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kathleen Flynn

Beirut's catastrophic port explosion has demolished Rita Faraj Oghlo's house, left her family stranded and may cost her husband Adel his leg. Like many Lebanese, they have endured multi-layered suffering since the Aug. 4 blast, which killed 179 people, injured 6,000 and triggered protests against an elite blamed for political turmoil and economic collapse. Homes and businesses were razed in the country's commercial heart, uprooting nearly a quarter of a million people. Many of them are now crammed into relatives' tiny apartments, unable to imagine how they will ever be able to afford their own. "It's very difficult for us right now," said Rita, who, along with her injured husband Adel and their children Christy, 2 and Saymen, 8, has moved in with her mother, stepfather and sister. The cost of the operation Adel needs looms large. When the blast sent a mushroom cloud over Beirut, he lay on a road pleading for help in the chaos. One person used a belt as tourniquet. Another, a waiter, wrapped an apron around his crushed leg. "A lot of people saw me and they were in shock, looked and just left," he said. He was already struggling to find work during the economic meltdown. He sits in agony, and worries that doctors may have to amputate his leg, held together by metal screws. REUTERS/Hannah McKay SEARCH "FAMILY HOME LEBANON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Matching Text: LEBANON-SECURITY/BLAST-FAMILY

In one of Beirut's poorest neighbourhoods, Karantina near the port, people are still reeling from the explosion that flattened homes and killed many neighbours who felt like family. Everyone knows everyone. Everyone cried when they recalled the explosion. A week later, the neighbours are struggling to find the money to rebuild, without help from the state in a city that was already deep in economic collapse. The warehouse explosion killed at least 172 people, wounded thousands and ravaged entire districts. It shattered walls and ripped out balconies in Karantina, a neglected part of the capital. The cluster of streets, with a slaughterhouse and a waste plant, saw one of the bloodiest massacres of Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war. Many said the blast did more damage in a few seconds than 15 years of war. With the wreckage at their doorstep once more, families who have spent decades in Karantina have camped out in their apartments. They sleep on the floor or on ripped couches, without doors or windows, not sure how to go on. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "KARANTINA NEIGHBOURHOOD" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. Matching Text: LEBANON-SECURITY/BLAST-NEIGHBOURHOOD

A man walks past a building collapsed by rain in the UNESCO World Heritage site of the old city of Sanaa, Yemen August 8, 2020. Picture taken August 8, 2020. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

The new Genoa bridge is illuminated in the colours of the Italian flag during its official inauguration, after it was rebuilt following its collapse on August 14, 2018 which killed 43 people, in Genoa, Italy, August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

The new Genoa bridge is illuminated in the colours of the Italian flag during its official inauguration, after it was rebuilt following its collapse on August 14, 2018 which killed 43 people, in Genoa, Italy, August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

The new Genoa bridge is illuminated in the colours of the Italian flag during its official inauguration, after it was rebuilt following its collapse on August 14, 2018 which killed 43 people, in Genoa, Italy, August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte poses for a picture with construction workers during the official inauguration of the new Genoa bridge, after it was rebuilt following its collapse on August 14, 2018 which killed 43 people, in Genoa, Italy, August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signs the helmet of a construction worker during the official inauguration of the new Genoa bridge, after it was rebuilt following its collapse on August 14, 2018 which killed 43 people, in Genoa, Italy, August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

A combination picture shows a general view of the collapsed Morandi Bridge on August 14, 2018 and the new Genoa bridge during its official inauguration after the bridge was rebuilt, following its collapse which killed 43 people, in Genoa, Italy, August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini (left) and REUTERS/ Flavio Lo Scalzo (right)

The aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, the Frecce Tricolori (Tricolor Arrows), performs during the official inauguration of the new Genoa bridge, after it was rebuilt following its collapse on August 14, 2018 which killed 43 people, in Genoa, Italy, August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

The aerobatic demonstration team of the Italian Air Force, the Frecce Tricolori (Tricolor Arrows), performs during the official inauguration of the new Genoa bridge, after it was rebuilt following its collapse on August 14, 2018 which killed 43 people, in Genoa, Italy, August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

Italian President Sergio Mattarella meets with family members of Morandi bridge collapse victims, in Rome, Italy, August 3, 2020. Presidential Press Office/Paolo Giandott/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella attends the official inauguration of the new Genoa bridge, after it was rebuilt following its collapse on August 14, 2018 which killed 43 people, in Genoa, Italy, August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo