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A wooden cross in front of the Candelária church in Rio de Janeiro bearing eight plaques with names of the young people killed by the police in 1993. Photograph: Tiago Rogero/The Guardian

For some inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro, the most significant cross of the city’s most famous church, Nossa Senhora da Candelária, does not sit on the altar or atop the grand baroque church built in 1775, but outside.

In front of the Candelária church, a wooden cross about 2m (6.5ft) tall bears eight plaques with names.