At the head of the Kokama Uirapuru Indigenous Community, located in the Redenção neighborhood of Manaus, Chief Everton Kokama and his wife, Angélica Pankararu, propose a sociocultural space for resistance and voice, creating not only support for the community, a place that aims to maintain ethnic traditions, overcoming difficulties through collaboration and dialogue, together with supporters, friends, and family, gradually strengthening the physical and social structural base of the community, a work of extreme importance in times of political and economic entropy.  Photo:  La Croix/Suamy Beydoun
At the head of the Kokama Uirapuru Indigenous Community, located in the Redenção neighborhood of Manaus, Chief Everton Kokama and his wife, Angélica Pankararu, propose a sociocultural space for resistance and voice, creating not only support for the community, a place that aims to maintain ethnic traditions, overcoming difficulties through collaboration and dialogue, together with supporters, friends, and family, gradually strengthening the physical and social structural base of the community, a work of extreme importance in times of political and economic entropy. Photo: La Croix/Suamy Beydoun
During the record drought of the Rio Negro in the city of Manaus, rock carvings dating back 2,000 years reappeared after 10 years covered by the river. Work done for Reuters.  Photo: Reuters/Suamy Beydoun
During the record drought of the Rio Negro in the city of Manaus, rock carvings dating back 2,000 years reappeared after 10 years covered by the river. Work done for Reuters. Photo: Reuters/Suamy Beydoun
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, one of today's most internationally recognized indigenous leaders, during an academic event in 2025 at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) campus in Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas.  Photo: AGIF/Suamy Beydoun
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, one of today's most internationally recognized indigenous leaders, during an academic event in 2025 at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM) campus in Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas. Photo: AGIF/Suamy Beydoun
In June 2022 a carpet of garbage, seen in a stream that cuts through the São Jorge neighborhood in the city of Manaus, formed after heavy rains in the region. The work was done for the Reuters agency on World Environment Day, and won an honorable mention at Photography4Humanity that year, being exhibited at the UN headquarters in New York.   Photo: Reuters/Suamy Beydoun
In June 2022 a carpet of garbage, seen in a stream that cuts through the São Jorge neighborhood in the city of Manaus, formed after heavy rains in the region. The work was done for the Reuters agency on World Environment Day, and won an honorable mention at Photography4Humanity that year, being exhibited at the UN headquarters in New York. Photo: Reuters/Suamy Beydoun
During the worst drought in over 100 years in the state of Amazonas in 2024, the image of a boy waving at a drone caught the attention. He was standing on a stranded boat next to a floating house that was also stuck due to the drought. The photo was a finalist in the 2025 edition of Photography4Humanity, one of the largest photography contests on climate issues today. Photo: AGIF/Suamy Beydoun
During the worst drought in over 100 years in the state of Amazonas in 2024, the image of a boy waving at a drone caught the attention. He was standing on a stranded boat next to a floating house that was also stuck due to the drought. The photo was a finalist in the 2025 edition of Photography4Humanity, one of the largest photography contests on climate issues today. Photo: AGIF/Suamy Beydoun
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