Fishing for trash off Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO: Sitting in his fishing boat in the bay of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel has an easy time hauling in his "catch", plucking it from the sea with his own hands, not with a net.

But that's because the bounty he is grabbing isn't fish - it's the floating trash that sullies the waters of one of the world's most beautiful cities.

Gabriel, a professional fisherman for two decades, is one of an army of boatman-cleaners employed by the state of Rio de Janeiro to remove tons of detritus from the city's spectacular harbor.