The Brazilian Smoke Squadron flies over Planalto Palace in Brasilia during an official ceremony with military honours offered by the Brazilian president to the urn with the embalmed heart of Dom Pedro I, founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil, on August 23, 2022. – Nearly two centuries after it was cut from his corpse and stashed in formaldehyde, the heart of Emperor Pedro I, who declared Brazil’s independence from Portugal, returned on August 22 for politically charged commemorations of the South American nation’s 200th birthday.
