The Beija-Flor samba school on Wednesday (March 5) was crowned champion of the iconic Rio de Janeiro Carnival, marking their ...

Vendors are a fixture at Rio’s Carnival street parties. They scour Instagram pages for times and locations, coordinate on ...

Percussionists play instruments known the world over — snare and bass drums — but also traditional local instruments like the ...

It’s that time of year in Rio de Janeiro: Carnival! Carnival in the Brazilian city has two sides: the street parties, known ...

Rio's Sambadrome Carnival came to an end on its third day as the city's top samba schools paraded and partied through the ...

If you’re in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the city’s annual Carnival celebration, there’s still time to show some love to ...

The Rio Carnival 2025 kicked off on Sunday night, March 2. The annual festival is renowned for its vibrant samba parades, ...

A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will present the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake in the 16th century as ...

“When Carnival comes, it offers opportunities to people like me,” said Borges, who used to be unemployed. Nearly all samba schools sit in working-class neighborhoods around Rio’s ...

The festivities for Rio's Carnival kicked off Monday night as Samba school ‘Unidos da Tijuca’ took the stage with an Afro-Brazilian religious theme, paying tribute to Logun Edé, a deity from the ...

An image of Jesus lays amid costume pieces at the "Unidos de Padre Miguel" samba school as members prepare for their Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. Credit: AP/Silvia ...