Workers of a funeral parlour, wearing protective clothing, place in a casket the body of Valnir Mendes da Silva, 62, that was laying on a sidewalk of Arara community, where he died after residents requested help from the emergency service as he was suffering from breathing problems, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 17, 2020. According to the residents, the body took about 30 hours to be removed. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes 

Workers of a funeral parlour, wearing protective clothing, are pictured after removing the body of Valnir Mendes da Silva, 62, from a sidewalk of Arara community, where he died after residents requested help from the emergency service as he was suffering from breathing problems, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 17, 2020. According to the residents, the body took about 30 hours to be removed. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes 

Workers of a funeral parlour, wearing protective clothing, remove the body of Valnir Mendes da Silva, 62, that was laying on a sidewalk of Arara community, where he died after residents requested help from the emergency service as he was suffering from breathing problems, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 17, 2020. According to the residents, the body took about 30 hours to be removed. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes 

A worker of a funeral parlour, wearing protective clothing, stands next to police officers after removing the body of Valnir Mendes da Silva, 62, from a sidewalk of Arara community, where he died after residents requested help from the emergency service as he was suffering from breathing problems, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 17, 2020. According to the residents, the body took about 30 hours to be removed. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes 

Workers of a funeral parlour, wearing protective clothing, remove the body of Valnir Mendes da Silva, 62, that was laying on a sidewalk of Arara community, where he died after residents requested help from the emergency service as he was suffering from breathing problems, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 17, 2020. According to the residents, the body took about 30 hours to be removed. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes 

Workers of a funeral parlour, wearing protective clothing, remove the body of Valnir Mendes da Silva, 62, that was laying on a sidewalk of Arara community, where he died after residents requested help from the emergency service as he was suffering from breathing problems, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 17, 2020. According to the residents, the body took about 30 hours to be removed. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes 

Workers of a funeral parlour, wearing protective clothing, are pictured next to police officers after removing the body of Valnir Mendes da Silva, 62, from a sidewalk of Arara community, where he died after residents requested help from the emergency service as he was suffering from breathing problems, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 17, 2020. According to the residents, the body took about 30 hours to be removed. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes 

Marcos Vinicius Andrade da Silva, 26, helps to carry the coffin of Valnir Mendes da Silva, 62, who died on a sidewalk in the Arara slum after experiencing difficulty breathing, at his funeral at Cemiterio de Inhauma, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Inhauma, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18, 2020. Valnir da Silva died on the streets of a poor Rio de Janeiro neighborhood. His body lay on the sidewalk for 30 hours, according to relatives and neighbors. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes SEARCH "RICARDO ARARA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.