Apologies if this is against the laws of aviation, or already asked a million times.

I impulsively booked flights to Rio, with the plan to spend a few days there then fly out to Iguazu Falls. Only then did I start to research Rio in more depth, and a lot of the English language stories and news reports I've seen are not exactly selling it to me ("War on the streets of Rio", "Armed shootouts" on major roads in daytime, "Tourists murdered/robbed", etc). Coming from Europe, the murder rate seems astoundingly high. I'm aware the new President has promised to crackdown, and have read a military intervention in Rio just ended, and the governor is talking up a police shoot-to-kill policy.

Of course it's difficult to get a real sense of day to day life in Rio by reading such things, but I'm now somewhat nervous about visiting. What's the situation there at the moment?

Thanks in advance.