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Humans of Olympics: Meet Robson Oliveira, the Ronaldinho lookalike with a global audience

Life in a Rio de Janeiro favela isn’t easy. It is even more difficult if you happen to look like one of the most famous and loved footballers in the world.

Watch: All you need to know about Rio de Janeiro, the Olympics 2016 host city

Rio Olympics in numbers: 10,500 athletes, 306 gold medals, 500,000 tourists

Here are some fun numbers and major statistics from the upcoming Olympics

From northern favelas to southern riches: Two tales of Olympics 2016 host city Rio de Janeiro

The Olympics touch mostly the wealthy areas south and west of the city, where the real estate market was booming until a few years ago. Rio's northern favelas, the city's infamous slums, feel only a ripple, underscoring the vast gap between the rich and poor — the white, brown and black, in a divided city.

Anyone but Argentina: Relieved Brazil celebrate Germany World Cup win

At a bar near the stadium, Brazilians chanted "Cry! Cry! Argentina!" in a nod to the song "Don't cry for me Argentina."

Wailing fans curse Brazil team, Dilma Rousseff after 7-1 humiliation

Brazil's Federal Police want pay hike, threaten World Cup strike

Federal police on Wednesday threatened to stage a nationwide strike during the monthlong World Cup if Brazil's government doesn't increase their pay and improve working conditions.

Brazilian court sentences 3 for rape of American woman

A Rio de Janeiro court convicted three men on Thursday in the gangrape of an American woman aboard a public transit van that shocked Brazil and made headlines around the world.

Pope Francis draws 3mn to Mass as historic trip to Brazil ends

Speaking from a white stage on the sands of Copacabana on Sunday, Francis urged a crowd estimated at 3 million people to go out and spread their faith "to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent."

Make a mess: Pope Francis urges Catholics to shake up dioceses

Pope Francis showed his rebel side on Thursday, urging young Catholics to shake up the church and make a "mess" in their dioceses by going out into the streets to spread the faith.