Kayapo Indigenous Protest

Kayapó indigenous people from the "Baú" and "Menkragnoti" villages, near the city of Novo Progresso, in the south of Pará, Brazil, on August 17, 2020 , block the BR-163 highway in protest against the lack of resources to combat COVID-19, and claiming dialogue by part of the government in the plans of the Ferrogrão, a railway project for transporting grains between connecting the Midwest region to the port of Mirituba, in the north of the state of Pará, on Monday morning, on August 17, 2020. (Photo by Ernesto Carriço/NurPhoto via Getty Images)