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A police officer dressed in a Santa Claus costume holds a sack and cane in the Macacos favela, or slum, after arriving by police helicopter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 20, 2012. Wearing police blue, the Santa Claus handed out gifts to young residents of the favela.
Salvaging belongings from a demolished slum in Kathmandu
Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
A man, whose home was demolished, visits the area on May 9 where 250 squatter homes were demolished, in Kathmandu.
Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
A woman holds a picture of her grandson recovered from her demolished house in Kathmandu May 9.
Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
A boy looks up while searches for his belongings in the rubble of his former house at the slum settlement in Kathmandu, May 9, 2012.
Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
An elderly woman searches for her belongings in the rubble where her house used to stand May 9 at the slum settlement near the bank of Bagmati River, a day after 250 squatter homes, built illegally, were demolished, in Kathmandu.
Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
A demolished wall of a school is all that is left of the slum settlement near the bank of Bagmati River, in Kathmandu, May 9.
At least 1000 people living in a Kathmandu slum have become homeless and now are living in the park near the slum area. The demolition follows the government's decision to begin evicting nearly 10,000 people who've created squatter camps along the Bagmati river in the Nepali capital.
“I cried my heart out when I saw bulldozers demolishing our home,”34-year-old Manju Adhikari, a mother of daughters aged 15 and 17, told AFP.
“When my younger girl came back from school, she asked me where were we going to live. I didn’t have the answer. We have nowhere to go.”
Photos from yesterday's riot, preceding the demolition on PhotoBlog.
Fire burns through a slum neighborhood in Equatorial Guinea
Photos by Rebecca Blackwell / AP
Local residents throw buckets of water on a burning house as a fire destroyed dozens of homes, in the New Building slum neighborhood.
Residents carry rescued furniture out of the New Building slum neighborhood as others stand on a wall and watch fire burn through dozens of homes in central Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Jan. 23, 2012.
Residents fought the fire with buckets of waste water while firefighters struggled to get enough water pressure. Equatorial Guinea and Gabon are currently co-hosting the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament.
Fire burns Deep Sea slum in Kenya's capital Nairobi
Thomas Mukoya / Reuters
A trader salvages a crate of soda as fire engulfs the Deep Sea slum in the Parklands area of Kenya's capital Nairobi, March 8, displacing thousands of residents.
Thomas Mukoya / Reuters
A man carries his mattresses as fire engulfs the Deep Sea slum in the Parklands area of Kenya's capital Nairobi, March 8, displacing thousands of residents.
Thomas Mukoya / Reuters
Residents retreat as fire engulfs the Deep Sea slum in the Parklands area of Kenya's capital Nairobi on March 8, displacing thousands of residents.
Noor Khamis / Reuters
Residents attempt to extinguish fire engulfing the Deep Sea slum in the Parklands area of Kenya's capital Nairobi, on Tuesday, March 8.
Noor Khamis / Reuters
A woman cries as firefighters arrive to extinguish fire engulfing the Deep Sea slum in the Parklands area of Kenya's capital Nairobi, on March 8, displacing thousands of residents.
Home of "Slumdog Millionaire" actress destroyed by fire in Mumbai slum
How amazing that someone who acted in an Oscar-winning film just a few years ago still lives in these conditions. Read more here.
Danish Siddiqui / Reuters
Residents search for their belongings amid the ruins of the Gharib Nagar slum in Mumbai March 5. A fire gutted the slum, a large shanty town which is home to thousands of residents next to Bandra station in Mumbai's suburbs, on Friday evening. The makeshift shack where, Rubina Ali, who acted as young Latika in the oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire", was also destroyed in the blaze.
Danish Siddiqui / Reuters
Rubina Ali, right, who acted as young Latika in the oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire", sits with her family amid the ruins of the Gharib Nagar slum in Mumbai on March 5. A fire gutted the slum, a large shanty town which is home to thousands of residents next to Bandra station in Mumbai's suburbs on Friday evening. The makeshift shack where Ali lived was also destroyed in the blaze.
India slum fire kills 4 kids, leaves 100 homeless
Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
A woman is comforted by neighbors and relatives after her daughter died in a fire in a slum in Kolkata, India, on Thursday, Dec. 30. Four children died and over a hundred people lost their homes in the fire.
Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
Residents sit on the remains of their burnt shanty after a fire leveled a slum in Kolkata on Thursday, Dec. 30.
Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
Residents sift through debris of a burnt shanty as they search for victims after a fire at a slum in Kolkata on Thursday, Dec. 30.
These photos have been so thoughtfully described by one of our readers I'm re-posting her comment here:
JoannaK writes: "The pictures tell the story of the incredible sadness and loss......also about the compassion and cooperation of the survivors. What stands out is not the bleak background of the shanties and slum--but the quiet dignity and startling beauty of the people...outlined by the rainbow of colors. My deepest condolences to families and the community."
Muhammed Muheisen / AP
A young Pakistani girl looks on while walking out of a mosque after attending an Islamic religious class at a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, on Dec. 6, 2010.
Young girl in Pakistan slums
I like the movement and the colors in this photo. See more photos from Pakistan.
Felipe Dana / AP
Soldier aim their weapons during an operation against drug traffickers at the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 27. Soldiers and police crouching behind armored vehicles trained their rifles on dozens of entrances to a sprawling slum Saturday, preparing to invade in an effort to try to push drug gangs out of an area long considered the most dangerous in Rio de Janeiro, a city set to host the 2016 Olympics.
Police, troops set to invade Rio gang haven
See more images from the violence in Rio de Janeiro here.