Meet the folks who have made a volcano their friend
The volcano
This picture taken on March 31, 2019, shows the volcano Pico do Fogo and the remains of the roof of a house submerged by lava during the last eruption in 2014, in the village of Portelo in Cape Verde's Cha das Caldeiras valley. Four years and a half later, the village of Portelo was partly rebuilt despite the risk of a new eruption.
Rebuilding lives after the eruption
This picture taken on March 31, 2019 shows a church in the village of Portelo in Cape Verde's Cha das Caldeiras valley, rebuilt on the remains of the roof of the previous church which was submerged by lava during the last eruption of the volcano Pico do Fogo in 2014.
Greeting life with a smile
Zenita Montrond, a resident of the village of Portelo in Cape Verde's Cha das Caldeiras valley, poses in her kitchen on March 31, 2019 in front of the lava block that submerged her house during the last eruption of the volcano Pico do Fogo in 2014.
Never say die
This picture taken on March 30, 2019 shows a newly built house, made with cement and lava on the roof of the owner's former house.
Even a hotel is built anew
This picture taken on March 30, 2019 shows the newly built Marisa's hotel
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