Members of the Krenak tribe stand on the bank of the Doce River, its waters a lurid orange colour a month after the the Fundão tailings dam collapsed.Photograph: Nicoló Lanfranchi
On 5 November 2015, Rondon Felix Viana’s life changed for ever. On that day the Fundão tailings dam near the city of Mariana burst, unleashing 60m cubic metres of toxic waste that flowed more than 600km down the Doce River into the sea, obliterating everything in its path. It was Brazil’s worst environmental disaster.
Rondon Felix Viana with another member of the Krenak community protesting in London in July. The dam collapse destroyed their way of life.Photograph: Rebecca Speare-Cole/PA
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