members of the Vale do Amanhecer spiritual community in Brazil gather for their biggest ceremony of the year The religion known as Vale do Amanhecer (or Valley of the Dawn Social Works of the Christian Spiritualist Order) was founded in 1959 by a charismatic woman known as Tia Neiva Neiva had been working as a truck driver in Brasilia when she began to experience visions of spirits and extraterrestrial beings that she said imparted lessons to her The spiritual group she began with her partner grew into a community of thousands of mediums who claim to communicate with spirits and it combines doctrines and symbolism from Christianity and Incan and Afro-Brazilian religions; ancient-Egyptian concepts; and a belief in extraterrestrial life Members of the movement claim to have hundreds of thousands of adherents worldwide who attend temples located in Brazil We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com A collection of winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photo competition A collection of amazing recent images made with the Hubble Space Telescope Mourners of Pope Francis gathered at the Vatican scenes from the the second weekend of Coachella 2025 and landscapes of the Earth’s arctic and subarctic regions 29 August 2013 - Eighteen families turned up yesterday at Planaltina's social assistance center to attend the first day of activities of a pilot project launched this week which works on family relationships to prevent drug use among children This first meeting with the participating families is part of the training of the teams of social workers which will implement the pilot project of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the social assistance centers that serve the communities of Planaltina While the team from Planaltina held its first session with the families professionals and community members from the other three social assistance centers observed how the activities actually played out The UNODC consultant who created the project's methodology and the coordinator of the Planaltina social assistance center which "gives more autonomy to families and allows them to discover alternatives that work for each one thus creating families which are more empowered and less dependent on social assistance." each family drew a flag that represented them and presented it to the rest of the group everyone had a snack together and learned a song The adults were able to get to know each other The last activity of the morning was the raffle of a basket with toys games and materials such as crayons and colored papers Ana Lidia dos Santos was accompanied by her mother She said she plans to return on the following weeks: "It was good because we can interact and overcome the shyness to express ourselves sing and do something outside our houses." Elzicleide Albuquerque Silva works at the Center for Psychosocial Care of Children in Sobradinho and was one of the professionals under training who assisted the families She felt privileged to be part of the first group to learn this methodology "The most important thing is to rescue the family values that society has lost," said Silva Today it was time for the team from the Planaltina social assistance center to split up in order to observe the sessions with families in the other three centers Tomorrow a ceremony will be held to mark the end of the week-long training in which participants will receive their certificates The pilot project is the result of a partnership between UNODC the State Secretariat of Justice (Sejus) and the State Secretariat of Social Development and Income Transfer (Sedest) of the Federal District Up to 130 families will benefit from it in the next two months with weekly meetings in the four social assistance centers The project's methodology has already been implemented by UNODC as part of the global Family Skills programme which reached over 5,000 families in almost 20 countries Evaluations indicate that about 80% of the participants attend all meetings and maintain contact with other families after the project is over improved academic performance and greater parent involvement in schools Copyright©2025 UNODC, All Rights Reserved, Legal Notice Brandon Curtis A tragic ricochet incident at a Brazilian shooting range claimed the life of a 36-year-old man and safety precautions for firearm training are receiving renewed attention PLANALTINA, DF, BRAZIL (2-minute read) — A 36-year-old man, Diego dos Santos Ribeiro, tragically lost his life at a shooting range in Planaltina, DF, Brazil, after a bullet reportedly ricocheted and struck him in the chest. Ribeiro a registered shooter and licensed as a hunter and collector was participating in training when the incident occurred Owner of Snowflake Donuts Fatally Shoots Armed Robbery Suspect New CZ Shadow 2 Carry: Born for Competition, Built for Defense Teen Robbery Suspect Shot by Armed Citizen in NC Parking Lot What Exactly Is Proper Training for Concealed Carriers? Security footage captured the exact moment of the accident he managed to walk for a few seconds before collapsing Distressed range instructors quickly attempted to aid him including the Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) and the Fire Department were dispatched to the scene shortly after the accident but Ribeiro was pronounced dead upon their arrival Diego Ribeiro was known in the community as a tattoo artist and body piercer and was deeply involved in hunting and shooting sports His tragic passing has brought heightened attention to firearm training protocols and range safety standards especially regarding the use of steel targets which can cause ricochets if not properly angled it’s still always advisable to angle any steel targets down maintaining ranges so that rocks and other hard objects aren’t located behind the firing line; other objects that can cause ricochet always angle them downward to reduce the risk of ricochet Targets should never be positioned at a 90-degree angle to the shooter as this can cause bullets to rebound directly back shooters and bystanders should always wear eye and ear protection to minimize injuries from fragments or debris