A 29-year-old Brazilian man named Edeilson Nascimento was stabbed in the head after a bar fight in 2007. After suffering severe headaches, he asked for a risky surgery to have the blade removed. That was earlier this week.

[Tuesday was Brazil's Independence Day! Happy Independence Day, Brazil! This guy—a supporter of Workers Party candidate Dilma Rousseff—brought a sign to the parade. It says: "Lula and the people vote for Dilma for the nation." Pic via AP.]

[The Fonte Nova stadium is imploded in Salvador, Brazil on Sunday. A new stadium for the 2014 World Cup will be built in the same location. But better! Promise. Pic via AP.]

[A bird flies past a cloud of smoke coming from a fire at a paint factory in Jandira, Brazil. No one was hurt, except for my soul, which shed a single tear at this image. Pic via AP.]

A rare fire tornado was spotted in Brazil. Nobody knows who started the fire...tornado. We think the devil needs to stop trying so hard to impress the ladies while on his summer vacation.

The recent hotel hostage crisis in Brazil's second-largest city has potentially scared off the producers of the fourth Twilight movie, who were to film some scenes nearby. So, uh, good luck, everyone going to the World Cup and the Olympics.

No, not John McCain. We're talking about a 40-something-year-old South American Indian who lives by himself in a remote patch of the Brazilian jungle, the last of a lost, uncontacted tribe. Can he stay isolated forever? That's the question. [Slate]

To make a few extra bucks, movie star Nicole Kidman has done a sexy, sensual ad for... an as-yet-unbuilt shopping mall in Rio de Janeiro. The ad manages to make Rio look a little ugly and Kidman a lot selly-outy.

Later today, 34-year-old Ed Stafford will complete a 4,200 mile journey to become the first person to walk the entire length of the Amazon River. It has taken him two and a half years.

[Sunbathers on Flamengo beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Being at work on Monday morning is almost as good as this! Pic via AP.]

Around 300 protesters from Amazon tribes, armed with bows and arrows, have occupied a hydroelectric plant that is being built on an ancient burial site, and demand talks with the government. There have been no James Cameron sightings yet. [BBC]

Click to viewHouston's Sheyla Hershey broke the world record with her size 38KKK breasts. The Brazillian "model" has had 30 breast augmentations, and the most recent one might be the one that kills her or causes her to lose her prized possessions.

The World Cup is almost over. We won't know who technically won until after tomorrow's final. But like a human Paul the Octopus, Zach Dundas, author of the book The Renegade Sportsman, already knows who really won the tournament.

Bruno Souza, a popular goalie, has been arrested, along with his wife and several friends, for murdering his 25-year-old mistress, chopping her up, and feeding the pieces to dogs. He says he will "laugh at all this" later. [via, Image:AP]

The Netherlands beat Brazil 2-1 in the World Cup quarterfinals. At 2:30: Ghana vs. Uruguay.

North Korea was defeated handily by the Ivory Coast today, 3-0. Having not won a single game, our favorite squad of plucky autocratic regime subjects are returning home. There they'll face hard labor or an outpouring of nationalist appreciation.

1,000 people are missing in flooding in Brazil, with another 100,000 made homeless.

[Fires blaze on a mountain in Rio de Janeiro early Sunday morning. They must have been good luck—Brazil thrashed Cote D'Ivoire 3-1 in a World Cup match a few hours later. Pic via AP.]

[A crazed fan celebrates after Brazil scored a goal during the team's 2-1 victory over North Korea at the World Cup. He was one of thousands who gathered to watch the game on Rio's Copacabana beach today. Image via AP]

Brazil, home to the world's most celebrated butts, has invented a new dance move. It's called the Surra de Bunda ("ass licking") and it involves hooking your feet over a man's shoulders and sledgehammer slamming your butt into his face.