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Brazil unrest ahead of World Cup 2014

Tuesday 10 June 2014 13:16 BST

Brazilian protesters take over the Cristo Redentor statue viewing platform in Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro. The protestors ask for improved funding for public education instead of expenditures in athletic events

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Brazilian protesters take over the Cristo Redentor statue viewing platform in Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro. The protestors ask for improved funding for public education instead of expenditures in athletic events

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Demonstrators run from tear gas fired by police outside Ana Rosa subway station during the fifth day of metro workers' strike in Sao Paulo

In pictures: Brazil unrest ahead of World Cup 2014

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Riot police forces stand guard during a demonstration by striking subway workers and members of the MTST (Homeless Workers' Movement) in Sao Paulo

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Metro's workers demand 12.2 percent salary raise. The five-day-old strike has already caused massive traffic jams in Brazil's largest city as its new stadium prepares to welcome more than 60,000 fans for Brazil-Croatia game

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Striking subway workers and members of the MTST (Homeless Workers' Movement), demonstrate at the Cathedral of Sao Paulo

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Striking subway workers and members of the MTST (Homeless Workers' Movement) walk through the streets of Sao Paulo

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A court set a 500,000 reals penalty ($223,000) for each day metro workers' union members stay off work from Monday and also declared the strike illegal, complicating preparations for the World Cup opening match

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Striking subway workers and members of the MTST (Homeless Workers' Movement), are dispersed with tear gas by police forces as they demonstrate in Sao Paulo

In pictures: Brazil unrest ahead of World Cup 2014

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Striking subway workers and members of the MTST (Homeless Workers' Movement), demonstrate in Sao Paulo

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"The World Cup here in Brazil is the worst thing in the world for workers. They are investing in stadiums and forgetting the people" said Umberto Rocha, a director of a union for Rio security guards

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Policemen in riot gear walk inside Ana Rosa subway station during the fifth day of metro worker's protest in Sao Paulo

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Activists stage a protest in front of the municipal stadium in the town of Sorocaba prior to a training session by Japan's national soccer team

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Activist Sara Winter poses for the picture during her anti World Cup protest in Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach. Written on her body in English is the phrase, "While your team is relaxing, Brazilians are dying"

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Guarani Indians occupy the "Bandeirantes" monument during a protest in Sao Paulo

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A rafter is seen on the ground at a construction site for the monorail where one construction worker died and two workers were left injured after one of the rafters collapsed in Sao Paulo

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The rafter in Sao Paulo collapsed due to unknown reasons

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Subway train operators, along with activists from social movements, clash with riot police in front of the Ana Rosa metro station, in an ongoing subway strike, in Sao Paulo

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Authorities are deeply worried about the strike because the subway is the main means of transportation for World Cup fans scheduled to attend opening match when Brazil takes on Croatia

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A police officer pepper sprays strikers and protesters during a clash with riot police in front of the Ana Rosa metro station, in an ongoing subway strike by operators in Sao Paulo

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Brazilian are furious over Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro dressed in a giant Italian football shirt for a television commercial

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