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Brazilian Grim Reaper takes Berlin

Anne-Sophie Brändlin
April 14, 2021

In Brazil, around 1,000 people are dying every day from COVID-19. Thousands of miles away, German-Brazilian artist Rafael Pütter wanted to draw attention to what he says is to blame — President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the crisis. Wearing a black gown and white mask as Death, the Berlin resident has been wandering the German capital's streets for weeks, demanding action to stop the dying.

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