UK journalist’s widow thanks Brazil’s indigenous peoples at funeral

Alessandra Sampaio, right, is comforted during the funeral of her husband British journalist Dom Phillips (Silvia Izquierdo/AP)

Friends and family have paid their final respects to British journalist Dom Phillips who was killed in the Amazon while researching a book about how to save the world’s largest rainforest.

Speaking at a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, his widow, Alessandra Sampaio, said: “First of all, I would like to express my eternal gratitude to the indigenous peoples, who are with us as loyal guardians of life, justice, and our forests.