Demonstrators in the Mare favela take part in a rally to protest the murder of Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro councilwoman, black rights activist and outspoken critic of police brutality who was shot in an assassination-style killing on 15 March 2018.

Franco was a popular local LGBTQ and human rights activist who grew up in one of Rio's largest favelas. She rose to political prominence by denouncing economic inequality and police brutality.