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A worker passes graffiti on Aug. 3, 2016, reflecting Brazil's political crisis. The writing on the left reads "Democracy Coup No!!!!" and the writing on the right says "Out with Temer the coup plotter," referencing acting President Michel Temer, who is running the country while Dilma Rousseff faces impeachment proceedings later in August.
Dave Eulitt
The Kansas City Star
Vendors sell inflatable dolls in prison stripes with the likeness of former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on July 31, 2016. The ex-president helped win the Olympic games but now faces obstruction of justice charges and a potentially tarnished legacy.
Dave Eulitt
The Kansas City Star
Brazil's Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks at a rally in defense of public companies and against Brazil's interim President Michel Temer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 6, 2016. Lula criticized Brazil's interim president Temer and defended Petrobras, the state run oil company which was once a symbol of Brazil's prosperity and is now at the center of a corruption investigation.
Felipe Dana
AP
Demonstrators light smoke flares during a protest against efforts to impeach Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff and in support of her mentor, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 24, 2016.
Nelson Antoine
AP
Demonstrators demanding the impeachment of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff march during a protest next to large inflatable dolls of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in prison garb and President Rousseff wearing a presidential sash with "Mother of Big Oil" written on it in Portuguese, in a reference to the corruption scandal involving Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, April 17, 2016. Rousseff is accused of violating Brazil's fiscal laws to shore up public support amid a flagging economy.
Andre Penner
AP
Anti-government demonstrators celebrate after the lower house of Congress voted to impeach Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 17, 2016. The signs behind read in Portuguese: "Get out Dilma! Get our Lula! Get out Workers Party!"
Silvia Izquierdo
AP
Military police guard the the National Congress building during a rally in support of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil, March 18, 2016. Supporters of Silva gathered for rallies in a handful of cities across Brazil, particularly in the industrial south, where the former factory worker has his base. Silva has been tied to a sprawling corruption investigation involving the Brazil oil giant Petrobras. A Brazilian flag flies in the foreground.
Eraldo Peres
AP
A legislative police officer sprays protesters with pepper spray to keep them from getting closer to the Congress building as demonstrators call for the impeachment of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff and protest the naming of her mentor, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as her new chief of staff, in Brasilia, Brazil, March 16, 2016. Supporters say the move will help the president fight impeachment proceedings and critics blast it as a scheme to shield Lula from possible detention in corruption probes related to a bribery scandal at Brazil's state oil company Petrobras.
Eraldo Peres
AP
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a rally in support of suspended President Dilma Rousseff and against acting President Michel Temer, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 10, 2016. Rousseff is suggesting she would hold a national referendum on her presidency if she survives an impeachment trial expected for August. Rousseff was impeached and suspended May 12. She is accused of using illegal accounting techniques to hide large federal budget deficits.
Andre Penner
AP
A demonstrator in the likeness of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in prison stripes, protests and demands the impeachment of suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 31, 2016.
Silvia Izquierdo
AP
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