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Amazon rainforest ashes paint Sao Paulo mural

By AFP
22 October 2021   |   11:18 am
Tired of seeing the lush Amazon destroyed over many years, Brazilian street artist Mundano decided to let nature speak for itself: he has painted a giant mural in Sao Paolo using ashes he collected from the scorched rainforest.

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