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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Eyewitness: São Paulo, Brazil

Gormley statue in Sao Paulo, Brazil
A sculpture by British artist Antony Gormley is on display on the edge of a tall building. Brazilian media are calling Gormley's sculptures 'suicide statues'. Firefighters have been called to the scene this week by concerned citizens who mistook Gormley's life-size body-cast sculptures perched at the edges of tall buildings as despondent people ready to jump
Illustration: Photograph: Andre Penner/AP
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