Automatic cameras in the Brazilian rainforest show images of the Massaco people, who are flourishing despite environmental threats

• Read more on this story: New images show Brazil’s uncontacted people are thriving – but with success comes a new threat

Remarkable images taken by automatic cameras in the Brazilian rainforest reveal an isolated community that appears to be thriving despite pressure from ranchers and illegal encroachment into the Amazon.

The pictures, of a group of men, offer the outside world its first glimpse of the community – and give further evidence the population is growing. The group is known as the Massaco after the river that runs through their lands, but no one knows what they call themselves, while their language, social fabric and beliefs remain a mystery.