Rio de Janeiro is the capital of Carnival in Brazil—a dazzling, five-day extravaganza of parades, music, and street parties.

The "Botafogo Samba Clube" samba school parades through the Sambodrome on the first day of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. In Rio de Janeiro, the world-famous parades in the Sambodrome have begun with ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival celebrations kicked off on Saturday, dozens of dogs dressed as superheroes, clowns and cartoon characters paraded alongside their owners in one of ...

Sexy costumes, bands, festivities, wild parades - and murky water. As the official Carnival celebrations kick off in the Brazilian city of Rio Saturday, potable water has become a valuable commodity, ...

The Carnival is in full swing as music, glam and glee continue to dominate the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Samba school Unidos da Tijuca opened the festivities on Monday night with an afro-Brazilian ...

A woman holds her pet dog during the annual Dog Carnival Parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Rio’s Street Carnival festivities were canceled due to a wave of the Omicron variant, ...

Carnival in Rio de Janeiro - the crowds, the colors, the rhythms - hot, hot, hot, literally. As Julia Carneiro reports, temperatures have topped 111 degrees in some areas of the Brazilian megalopolis.

Russian model Irina Shayk made a spectacular entrance at the Rio 2025 Carnival. Known for her shows on the most prestigious ...