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Copacabana beach 'graves' to honour Brazil coronavirus victims destroyed in fracas

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Makeshift graves on Copacabana beach to honour Brazil's rapidly growing number of coronavirus victims were destroyed in an ugly row between protesters.

Brazilians critical of their government's ambiguous response to the coronavirus pandemic were mocked by counter-protesters who destroyed their symbolic graves.

As a tribute to the 41,000 people who have died in the south American country so far, 100 graves with stuck black crosses were dug in the sand of Rio's Copacabana beach on Thursday.

Part of a protest mounted by non-governmental organisation Rio de Paz, the graves were dug overnight on the beach opposite the glitzy Copacabana Hotel.

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