After Brazil mudslides, grief and faith among the ruins
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Alex Sandro Conde, 42, looks from his home at the devastation caused by a landslide at Morro da Oficina, a hillside part of Alto da Serra, Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Conde lost his son Kaique, 18, when the place where they both worked was destroyed by a landslide after heavy rains last Tuesday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)An aerial view shows neighborhood affected by landslides in Petropolis, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Heavy rains set off mudslides and floods in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, killing multiple people, authorities reported. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)A home's interior wall is exposed after it was destroyed by mudslides on the third day of rescue efforts in Petropolis, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)A stuffed animal, a dog, with the words "With Love" is seen at the site of a landslide in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. The landslides in Petropolis killed at least 182 people. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Residents and volunteers remove the body of a mudslide victim in Petropolis, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Extremely heavy rains set off mudslides and floods in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, killing multiple people, authorities reported. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)A painting hangs on the wall of a home destroyed by mudslides on the second day of rescue efforts in Petropolis, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Deadly floods and mudslides swept away homes and cars, but even as families prepared to bury their dead, it was unclear how many bodies remained trapped in the mud. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Residents embrace after fatal mudslides in Petropolis, Brazil, early Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Extremely heavy rains set off mudslides and floods in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, killing multiple people, authorities reported. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Residents recover belongs from thier homes destroyed by mudslides in Petropolis, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Extremely heavy rains set off mudslides and floods in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, killing multiple people, authorities reported. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)CORRECTS ALEXANDRO TO ALEX SANDRO - Alex Sandro Conde, 42, right, and his son Piter Severino Conde, 14, walk in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Conde lost his son Kaique, 18, when the place where they both worked at was destroyed by a landslide after heavy rains last Tuesday. The landslides killed at least 182 people. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Alex Sandro Conde's house stands next to the devastation caused by a landslide at Morro da Oficina, a hillside part of Alto da Serra, Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Conde lost his son Kaique, 18, when the place where they both worked at was destroyed by a landslide after heavy rains last Tuesday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)ADDS MAN'S NAME AND THAT HIS SON DIED - Alex Sandro Conde yells during the search for survivors after fatal mudslides in Petropolis, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Conde lost his 18-year-old son Kaique when the place where they both worked was destroyed the day before. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)CORRECTS ALEXANDRO TO ALEX SANDRO - "Jesus 100%" is written on a door by by Kaique, the late son of Alex Sandro Conde, 42, who died during a landslide at Morro da Oficina, a hillside part of Alto da Serra, Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Conde lost his son Kaique, 18, when the place where they both worked at was destroyed by a landslide after heavy rains last Tuesday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)CORRECTS ALEXANDRO TO ALEX SANDRO - Alex Sandro Conde, 42, and a friend comfort each other next to the site of a devastating landslide at Morro da Oficina, a hillside part of Alto da Serra, in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Conde lost his son Kaique, 18, when the place where they both worked at was destroyed by a landslide after heavy rains last Tuesday. The landslides killed at least 182 people. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)CORRECTS ALEXANDRO TO ALEX SANDRO - A photo of Kaique, the late son of Alex Sandro Conde, who died during a landslide after heavy rains last Tuesday, lays inside a Bible inside their home in Morro da Oficina, a hillside part of Alto da Serra, Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Conde lost his son Kaique, 18, when the place where they both worked at was destroyed by a landslide after heavy rains last Tuesday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)CORRECTS ALEXANDRO TO ALEX SANDRO - Alex Sandro Conde, 42, left, comforts Adalto Vieira da Silva, 50, who lost relatives in a landslide at Morro da Oficina, a hillside part of Alto da Serra, in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. "I'll cry today, I cried yesterday, I'll cry tomorrow, I'll cry in ten years. But I have to help friends that are here. The word of God says cry with those who cry, comfort those who cry. So I'm here to help people." Conde said. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Rescue workers and residents look for victims in an area affected by landslides in Petropolis, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Heavy rains set off mudslides and floods in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, killing multiple people, authorities reported. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)A man carries a dog away from a residential area destroyed by mudslides in Petropolis, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Extremely heavy rains set off mudslides and floods in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, killing multiple people, authorities reported. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Alex Sandro Conde, 42, looks from his home at the devastation caused by a landslide at Morro da Oficina, a hillside part of Alto da Serra, Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Conde lost his son Kaique, 18, when the place where they both worked was destroyed by a landslide after heavy rains last Tuesday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
