There’s something magical about watching thousands of people pour into streets wearing clothing that tells stories spanning ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It’s that time of year in Rio de Janeiro: Carnival! Carnival in the Brazilian city has two sides: the street parties, known as blocos, and the parades at the legendary Sambadrome ...

Sipping a sugary cocktail as your toes disappear into the white sands of a balneário beach. A sunrise hike through the rainforest, finished off with a bowl of acai and washed down with a zingy lime ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival parade is world famous for the samba dancing, costumes that leave little to the imagination and the magnificent floats that roll down Avenida Marques de ...

Cities and villages worldwide awake to the rhythm of carnival celebrations as music, parades, street parties, magnificent floats and people in extravagant costumes take to the streets to party. At ...

There’s something almost magnetic about carnivals. The energy, the colors, the way a whole city seems to pulse with life.

RIO DE JANEIRO | Brazilian canines allowed their people to dress them in masks and costumes for a four-legged Carnival just days before the humans will hold their own party. A white-haired lap dog was ...

On a recent Friday night, a potent cocktail of excitement, nerves and pent-up energy filled the midsummer air at Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Sambadrome, as decked out performers from the Salgueiro ...

Hundreds of Afro-Brazilians took to the streets of Rio over the weekend in a Carnival street parade to encourage black Brazilian women to show off their natural hair and strut their curls. The “curl ...

With Carnival ending, the Brazilia presidential election can begin in earnest. — -- Samba drums and hypnotic percussions, non-stop flow of positive lyrics about love and "Saudade" in the streets ...