Final respects for UK journalist in Brazil

By Fabiano Maisonnave
Updated June 27 2022 - 8:36am, first published 8:33am
Alessandra Sampaio (R), wife of British journalist Dom Phillips, said he will be cremated in Brazil.
Alessandra Sampaio (R), wife of British journalist Dom Phillips, said he will be cremated in Brazil.

Gathered at a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, friends and relatives paid their final respects to British journalist Dom Phillips, killed in the Brazilian Amazon while researching for a book about how to save the world's largest rainforest.

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