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Lula's runoff turnaround brings rain-soaked celebrations to Copacabana

DW News' Jules Giessler reports from Rio as supporters celebrate a fourth term and Flávio Bolsonaro calls for the result to be annulled.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 158,641 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (15,805).

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Jules Giessler turns the camera toward Copacabana, where flags and cheering supporters fill the scene despite the rain. "If you can see here behind me, Copacabana is filling up with people," the DW correspondent says.

The celebration follows a reversal between Brazil's presidential ballots: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finished behind Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round, then won the runoff to secure a fourth term. DW's brief report moves between Lula's reception in São Paulo and the crowds in Rio, while provisional electoral results show a narrow victory.

It also carries the rejection of that outcome. Bolsonaro appears at a bank of microphones, with the report stating that he has called for the election to be annulled. The celebrations and the challenge sit close together in a video about a country still politically divided.

The Short drew about 155,000 views before its first full day was over, already close to ten times DW's usual first-day Shorts audience.

DW also gives the result more room in "Leftist incumbent edges out far-right Bolsonaro | DW News," which is drawing an unusually large audience for its longer reports. There, Pablo Foley Elias speaks with Giessler about the first-round reversal, contrasting reactions across Brazil and voters' expectations for Lula's fourth term.

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The facts

Channel: DW News
Subscribers: 6,480,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 22,418,734
Channel views, pace per day: 2,704,264 (on a normal day: 2,756,065)
Video published: October 26, 2026
Video views so far: 154,862 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 158,641

The numbers

The Copacabana report is moving far beyond DW's usual Shorts audience. Its longer Brazil election coverage is also drawing an unusually strong response.

the video's first day

usual first day here

15,805

this video

158,641

subscribers

6,480,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

3,542,000,830

views per day

2,704,264