A week of devastating police violence has left at least 45 people dead across three Brazilian states. Ten individuals lost their lives in an operation against drug traffickers in the Rio de Janeiro favela, while the north-eastern state of Bahia witnessed 19 fatalities during clashes with the military police. The death toll has risen to 16 in an ongoing police operation in São Paulo's Baixada Santista region, marking one of the deadliest operations carried out by the São Paulo police.