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Rare photos of uncontacted Amazon tribes

Rare photos of uncontacted Amazon tribes

Sunday, July 21, 2024, 12:36 GMT+7
Rare photos of uncontacted Amazon tribes
Members of the Mashco Piro Indigenous community, a reclusive tribe and one of the world's most withdrawn, gather on the banks of the Las Piedras river where they have been sighted coming out of the rainforest more frequently in search of food and moving away from the growing presence of loggers, in Monte Salvado, in the Madre de Dios province, Peru, June 27, 2024. Photo: Reuters

The Uncontacted Frontier, a region straddling the borders of Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, is home to the highest concentration of uncontacted tribes on Earth, according to Survival International.

Indians who are considered uncontacted by anthropologists react to a plane flying over their community in the Amazon basin near the Xinane river in Brazil's Acre State, near the border with Peru, March 25, 2014. Photo: Reuters

Indians who are considered uncontacted by anthropologists react to a plane flying over their community in the Amazon basin near the Xinane river in Brazil's Acre State, near the border with Peru, March 25, 2014. Photo: Reuters

Indians who are considered uncontacted by anthropologists react to a plane flying over their community in the Amazon basin near the Xinane river in Brazil's Acre State, near the border with Peru, March 25, 2014. Photo: Reuters

Indians who are considered uncontacted by anthropologists react to a plane flying over their community in the Amazon basin near the Xinane river in Brazil's Acre State, near the border with Peru, March 25, 2014. Photo: Reuters

Three members of a previously uncontacted tribe make voluntary contact with a team of researchers (R, edge of photo) from Brazil's National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) on the bank of the Envira river in Aldeia Simpatia, Acre state, June 30, 2014. Photo: Reuters

Three members of a previously uncontacted tribe make voluntary contact with a team of researchers (R, edge of photo) from Brazil's National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) on the bank of the Envira river in Aldeia Simpatia, Acre state, June 30, 2014. Photo: Reuters

Members of an uncontacted Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru, May 2008. Photo: Reuters

Members of an uncontacted Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru, May 2008. Photo: Reuters

Members of an uncontacted Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru in this May 2008 photo. Photo: Reuters

Members of an uncontacted Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru in this May 2008 photo. Photo: Reuters

Members of the Mashco Piro Indigenous community, a reclusive tribe and one of the world's most withdrawn, stand on the banks of the Las Piedras river in Monte Salvado, in the Madre de Dios province, Peru, June 27, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Members of the Mashco Piro Indigenous community, a reclusive tribe and one of the world's most withdrawn, stand on the banks of the Las Piedras river in Monte Salvado, in the Madre de Dios province, Peru, June 27, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Indians who are considered uncontacted by anthropologists react to a plane flying over their community in the Amazon basin near the Xinane river in Brazil's Acre State, near the border with Peru, March 25, 2014. Photo: Reuters

Indians who are considered uncontacted by anthropologists react to a plane flying over their community in the Amazon basin near the Xinane river in Brazil's Acre State, near the border with Peru, March 25, 2014. Photo: Reuters

Members of an uncontacted Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru, May 2008. Photo: Reuters

Members of an uncontacted Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru, May 2008. Photo: Reuters

Indians who are considered uncontacted by anthropologists react to a plane flying over their community in the Amazon basin near the Xinane river in Brazil's Acre State, near the border with Peru, March 25, 2014. Photo: Reuters

Indians who are considered uncontacted by anthropologists react to a plane flying over their community in the Amazon basin near the Xinane river in Brazil's Acre State, near the border with Peru, March 25, 2014. Photo: Reuters

Members of the Mashco Piro Indigenous community, a reclusive tribe and one of the world's most withdrawn, stand on the banks of the Las Piedras river in Monte Salvado, in the Madre de Dios province, Peru, June 27, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Members of the Mashco Piro Indigenous community, a reclusive tribe and one of the world's most withdrawn, stand on the banks of the Las Piedras river in Monte Salvado, in the Madre de Dios province, Peru, June 27, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Members of an uncontacted Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru in this May 2008 photo. Photo: Reuters

Members of an uncontacted Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru in this May 2008 photo. Photo: Reuters

Members of an uncontacted Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru, May, 2008. Photo: Reuters

Members of an uncontacted Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru, May, 2008. Photo: Reuters

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