Megacities << Back to Feature Page View exclusive photographs and get the facts behind the frame. Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >>  Click to ZOOM IN >> Letting Loose Photograph by Stuart Franklin Done up in pink, a Chihuahua dances for its owner in São Paulo's Ibirapuera Park. The troubled, workaholic city dares to show its frivolous side in this equivalent of New York's Central Park. Particularly on Sundays, residents from all parts of São Paulo—and from all classes—mix in this urban playground. They then retreat to the city's economically segregated enclaves.

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