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In pictures: Life on a landless camp in Brazil
Abandoned

As thousands of activists from Brazil's landless movement, the MST, converge on Brasilia demanding land reform, we look at life on a landless camp.

The MST offers poor Brazilians the chance to fight for land. Brazil is one of the world's most unequal societies, with 40% of the population sharing 8% of wealth.

Here, a woman lies unconscious in an Amazonian town. Passers-by step over her until MST staff arrive to help.

By Dan Baron Cohen and Manuela Souza, teachers who work with the landless movement

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