The city aims to reinvent itself with new parks, museums and hotels to host the COP30 climate conference. But what happens when the spotlight fades?

The photographer and chef Angeluci Figueiredo runs four restaurants in Salvador: Preta Tira Chapéu, Peixe Voador and Preta Bistrô in the city, and the original Preta on the Ilha dos Frades, an island in All Saint’s Bay, where she also runs a guesthouse, Pretoca Pousada.

Gainesville mayor Harvey Ward and São José de Rio Preto mayor Fábio Cândido signed a sister cities contract on Oct. 1, marking the beginning of an economic and cultural exchange between the towns.

Influencer Fernanda Maroca — who was actively serving a term as councilwoman in Lago Verde, Brazil — died on Oct. 23. She was 30.

Brazilian influencer and city councilwoman Fernanda Maroca has died at the age of 30. People Magazine has reported that Maroca, known for her fitness videos, was a politician from Lago Verde, Brazil. She was actively serving her second term when she died on October 23. The Lago Verde City Council confirmed her demise in a statement that read: