People line the streets as President Chávez’s coffin is taken to a military base in Caracas, Venezuela.

A man holds up a portrait of Hugo Chávez during a political rally led by Chávez’s successor Nicolás Maduro.

Women shout slogans against Venezuela’s opposition during a political rally outside the national parliament building in Caracas.

The 43rd Field Artillery brigade pass by on Paseo de Los Proceres during an Independence Day parade in Caracas, Venezuela. At the time the local press reported the country was spending more on weapons than agriculture or food imports.

A demonstrator puts a rosary over his head before clashing with the Bolivarian National Guard during anti-government protests in Caracas, Venezuela.

Fellow protestors carry the body of Bassil Da Costa, a university student killed by Venezuelan security forces during anti-government protests in Caracas.

A protestor holds a Venezuelan flag during a demonstration demanding President Maduro’s resignation, in Caracas.

Maria Vizcaya weeps over the coffin of her 5-year-old son Gabriel, who died in the shock wave from a grenade explosion during an exchange between police officers and gang members in Caracas, Venezuela.

Anti-government demonstrators run from security forces during a protest against President Nicolás Maduro on the Francisco Fajardo highway, Caracas, Venezuela.

Demonstrators walk through teargas during anti-government protests, Caracas, Venezuela.

A woman tries to halt National Guard anti-riot officers during protests against the Venezuelan government on the Francisco Fajardo highway in Caracas.

An inmate exercises with improvised weights in the Rodeo Jail in Guatire, outside of Caracas. Prisons in Venezuela have been the scene of riots and prisoner takeovers, with warder corruption reportedly allowing the development of a mob culture.

A man, said to be a robber, cries after allegedly being lynched and almost killed by anti-government protesters, during a largely peaceful anti-Maduro rally known as ‘The Caracas Takeover’, in Caracas, Venezuela.

An inmate poses showing his tattoos in the Rodeo Jail in Guatire, outside of Caracas. Prisons in Venezuela have been the scene of riots and prisoner takeovers, with warder corruption reportedly allowing the development of a mob culture.

Forensic officers examine the scene where three people were killed in a police car chase, La Guaira, Venezuela.

Plainclothes policemen clash with a civilian outside a liquor store in Los Teques, Venezuela.

Demonstrators with homemade shields at an anti-Maduro protest, in the Altamira neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela.

Yajaira looks out of a window after hearing shots while cutting a friend’s son’s hair, in La Bombilla barrio, Caracas, Venezuela. A mother of two, she does hairdressing to pay for supplies and her daughters’ school fees.

People collect water from communal pipes in La Bombilla barrio, in Caracas, Venezuela. Water supply, especially in poorer areas, had been irregular as a result of a breakdown in the pumps that supplied the city.

Children gather for lunch outside a community dining room in Caracas, Venezuela. They have to bring their own spoons, as cutlery is expensive. Such dining rooms, largely funded by private institutions and NGOs, have opened around the country to help tackle a chronic food shortage.

Leidy Oropeza holds the last basketball trophy her son won before he was killed by someone who stole his motorbike.

Children play beside the Pan-American Highway near Caracas in Venezuela, after their homes were destroyed by the National Guard, supposedly looking for Colombian paramilitaries.

A gang member poses with a gun in Carapita slum, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Police officers surround a pool of blood, at the scene where three people were killed in a police car chase, La Guaira, Venezuela.

Ex-convict Saul sings about redemption in an evangelical church in Guarena, Venezuela.

Luz Marina’s coffin is carried by her husband and stepson, after she died as a result of a lack of immunosuppressants following a liver transplant, in San Juan de los Morros, Venezuela.

A man sits on an empty refrigerator shelf in a government-run supermarket, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Adriana Lamadrid holds her son Iverson (1), who is suffering from malnutrition, in front of her broken refrigerator, in the San Blas barrio of Caracas, Venezuela.

Ruben Zamora sits on his bed having lost 20 kg in three months when the homeless center he was staying in ran out of food. He died two days after the photograph.

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