Guardian caption: Jane Nascimento de Oliveira, who is one of hundreds of residents fighting to save their homes from forced eviction for the 2016 Olympics, in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Lianne Milton/Guardian
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