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Rio's iconic "Christ the Redeemer" statue was reportedly lit up in his honor. Read more: 'My real dream is just to play tennis,' Joao Fonseca says after winning his first ATP title in Buenos Aires ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Perched high atop Corcovado Mountain, Christ the Redeemer is more than a religious symbol or tourist attraction — it's an enduring icon of Brazilian identity. The Cristo ...

6- Christ the Redeemer The Christ the Redeemer statue towers over Rio de Janeiro and is an iconic statue of Jesus ... desert flats and rocky surfaces reminiscent of landscapes on the moon, the Atacama ...

Elder Soares stood below the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ... young men and young women as the sun was blocked from the earth’s view by the moon. The young men and young women ...

Trash collectors rappel down Corcovado Mountain to remove garbage dumped on the slope of the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado ...

Cleaning crews in Brazil took on a daunting task on Thursday, collecting trash up high from around Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue, one of the world’s most famous sites.

Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue. Wearing harnesses and using ropes tied to the balustrade around the statue’s lookout platform, they worked to remove the accumulation of garbage ...

The waning gibbous moon sets behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro AFP via Getty Images The next time there will be two blue moons in a year will be 2037. The moon has also been ...

And, of course, there’s Rio’s Christ the Redeemer (also 33 meters but a fraction shorter than Bolivia’s statue due to a different hairstyle.) On May 18 this year, Pope Francis visited Verona ...

There are around 6 million tiles on the Christ Redeemer in total. Work began in 1926, funded mainly by the church in Rio, and on October 12, 1931, the statue was inaugurated. Today, it’s part of ...