Amazon Indians from one of the world's last uncontacted tribes are
photographed from the air, with striking images showing them painted bright
red and brandishing bows and arrows. 

 AMAZON RAIN FOREST NEAR BORDER WITH PERU, BRAZIL (RECENT)
SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL -

Amazon Indians from one of the world's last uncontacted tribes have
been photographed from the air, with striking images released on Thursday (May
29) showing them painted bright red and brandishing bows and arrows. 
    The photographs of the tribe near the border between Brazil and Peru
are rare evidence that such groups exist. A Brazilian official involved in the
expedition said many of them are in increasing danger from illegal logging.

    One of the pictures, provided by Survival International
(www.survival-international.org), shows two Indian men covered in bright red
pigment poised to fire arrows at the aircraft while another Indian looks on.

    Another photo shows about 15 Indians near thatched huts, some of them
also preparing to fire arrows at the aircraft. 
    Of more than 100 uncontacted tribes worldwide, more than half live in
either Brazil or Peru, Survival International says. It says all are in grave
danger of being forced off their land, killed and ravaged by new diseases.