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The Woman Who Feels No Pain

Marisa de Toledo has an extremely rare condition that means she feels no pain. There are maybe 50 people in the world who were born this way. Marisa lives in a remote, rural area in Sao Paolo state in Brazil, where Outlook's Gibby Zobel went to meet her.

Picture: Marisa de Toledo with her family
Picture credit: Maria Laura Cesar

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12 minutes