Analysis: Sadly, the photograph is real, though the location where it was taken is often misstated.
It's a press photo shot on March 23, 2011 during a public protest in the city of Niterói, Brazil (part of the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro) by Peter Kirilos of O Globo (The Globe), Rio's largest daily newspaper.
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