Severino Silva - Rio Combat Photographer

Severino Silva of the Rio de Janeiro daily newspaper "O Dia" covers a police operation in a slum in Rio's sprawling north side, Jan. 18 2008. Life as a crime reporter in Rio de Janeiro is probably more dangerous now than ever before. Since the late 1980s the city's drug traffickers have amassed an increasingly powerful arsenal used to maintain control of the redbrick favelas in which they are based. And with violence intensifying, the risks to the city's press corps are also becoming increasingly apparent. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

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Severino Silva of the Rio de Janeiro daily newspaper "O Dia" covers a police operation in a slum in Rio's sprawling north side, Jan. 18 2008. Life as a crime reporter in Rio de Janeiro is probably more dangerous now than ever before. Since the late 1980s the city's drug traffickers have amassed an increasingly powerful arsenal used to maintain control of the redbrick favelas in which they are based. And with violence intensifying, the risks to the city's press corps are also becoming increasingly apparent. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)

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