In pictures: The coronavirus is surging in Brazil

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is seen wearing a face mask in front of his official residence in Brasilia on Wednesday, July 15. Bolsonaro tested positive for Covid-19 again, a week after an initial test indicated he had been infected with the virus.

During a protest calling for Bolsonaro to be impeached, a demonstrator holds a Brazilian flag painted with crosses that symbolize thousands of coronavirus deaths.

Passengers wait on a crowded train platform in Sao Paulo on Monday, July 13.

Volunteers spray disinfectant in a Rio de Janeiro alleyway to help contain the spread of the coronavirus on Sunday, July 12.

Members of the Guarani Mimbya indigenous community wait to be tested in Cananeia, Brazil, on July 10.

Bolsonaro tells the press July 7 that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Bolsonaro had previously appeared in public and at rallies without a face mask, even hugging supporters. "I have to admit, I thought I had gotten it earlier, considering my very dynamic activity in the face of the people," he said. "And I can tell you more, I am the President and I am on the front line, I don't run away from my responsibility nor do I shy away from the people."

This aerial photo shows a man walking past graves in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus, Brazil, on June 21.

Suzane Valverde, left, hugs her mother, Carmelita, through a plastic curtain at a Sao Paulo nursing home on June 13.

Health workers from Doctors Without Borders visit a squatter camp to conduct medical examinations in Sao Bernardo do Campo on June 3.

A health worker stands on a boat while waiting for an ambulance to help transfer a coronavirus patient in Manacapuru on June 1.

Children eat breakfast during a food distribution in Rio de Janeiro on May 24.

A man waits for his aunt's body to be collected in Manaus on May 24. The public funeral service provided by Manaus City Hall, which helps low-income families hold burials, has seen a dramatic increase in demand due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Bolsonaro, not wearing a mask, arrives at a pro-government rally in Brasilia on May 24.

This aerial photo shows an alleged coronavirus victim being buried at the Vila Formosa Cemetery, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo on May 22.

A nurse holds the arm of a coronavirus patient at a field hospital in Manaus on May 21. The hospital was built exclusively for coronavirus patients.

An indigenous woman holds her children while waiting on testing in Manaus on May 21.

People wear face masks on the Icarai beach in Niteroi on May 21.

A man waits outside a Rio bank to receive government benefits on May 20.

People ride on a train in Sao Paulo on May 19.

Dr. Willie Baracho checks out a patient in a Rio slum on May 19. Staying in isolation has been difficult for residents who live in tightly packed favelas and are forced to go to work in order to maintain an income.

An employee works at a coffin factory in Sao Paulo on May 19.

A resident of Paraisopolis, one of Sao Paulo's largest slums, takes part in a May 18 protest to demand more aid from Sao Paulo's state government.

Gravediggers carry a coronavirus victim during his funeral in Rio de Janeiro on May 18.

A woman holds a Brazilian flag while Bolsonaro supporters take part in a protest in front of the Chinese consulate in Rio on May 17. Protesters were blaming China for being the country where the coronavirus started.

Women dance as an armed forces band plays at a Rio shelter for the elderly on May 14.

Miqueias Moreira Kokama, son of indigenous Chief Messias Kokama, hugs relatives at his father's funeral in Manaus on May 14. Messias Kokama was 53.

Commuters peer through a bus window in Rio on May 12.

A municipal police officer asks a man for his documents at a checkpoint in Rio on May 12.

A funeral worker, wearing protective clothing, prepares to remove a coffin from a home in Manaus on May 7.

Health workers in Rio move a body from cold storage on May 5.

People in Rio wait outside a government-run bank for aid money on April 28.

Water utility workers disinfect a favela in Rio on April 24.

Barbers wear protective face masks as they work in a Rio favela on April 21.

Manicurist Flavia Ferreira cries while she talks about her situation in Rio on April 15. Ferreira hadn't worked since a quarantine was put in place in Rio. She received donations of food from a cultural center and from neighbors in her favela.

A member of a cultural center wears a mask in Rio's Turano favela on April 15.

Leticia Machado, a manicurist who is jobless because of the pandemic, sits listlessly at her home in Rio on April 15.

A city worker disinfects playground equipment in the Andarai favela in Rio on April 13.

Orani Tempesta, the archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, celebrates Easter Mass at the Christ the Redeemer statue.

Men in Rio walk past a banner on April 6 that reads "stay at home" in Portuguese.