Monthly Archives: June 2010

Every four years, São Paulo’s thousands of street vendors – who usually weave through traffic selling anything from water to cell phone chargers to fly swatters – invest in much more lucrative merchandise: World Cup paraphernalia. During this month, Brazil’s … Continue reading →

Al Jazeera spent several days in Brazil’s flood-ravaged northern state of Alagoas, documenting the destruction caused by raging rivers that overflowed their banks. Check out Al Jazeera’s Americas Blog for some photographs I took of the destruction. In a town … Continue reading →

Al Jazeera English visited Santana do Mundaú on Thursday, June 24, six days after massive flooding destroyed most of the town of 12,000 residents.