Incredible new video shows an uncontacted hunter-gatherer tribe brandishing spears on the banks of a river in remote Peru – amid fears their rainforest home is being increasingly disrupted by logging.
The Mashco Piro tribe, believed to be the largest uncontacted tribe in the world, are seen standing on the dusty riverside in loincloths with hair long and bare feet chalky from the rough ground.
Rare video from across the river shows the group stood around in small clusters, some jogging to pick up large spears resting in the dirt. Others talk, gesture to each other and help carry objects along the river.
Experts fear the reclusive tribe is coming out of its home in the Madre de Dios region in southeast Peru more often as loggers hack away at the rainforest.
Survival International, working with tribes around the world for their safety, says dozens of tribal people have appeared near other tribal settlements in southeast Peru in recent days, concerned about the presence of loggers.