Rio is awash with glitter and colour with the Brazilian city's annual Carnival currently underway. Millions of partygoers fill the streets for the festivities. But the highlight for many is the ...

Rio de Janeiro's annual carnival parade competition continued its tradition of vibrant dance and colour, with samba school Viradouro taking the crown for its tribute to its legendary drum director.

Rio de Janeiro’s carnival is full of contrasts: wealth brushes up against poverty, joyful abandon unfolds alongside hard labour. Its visual expression also explores notions of power. In a country with ...

To many “Cariocas,” as people from Rio are known, carnival is often akin to an extreme sport that requires grit and endurance. In recent years, growing numbers of visitors and searing temperatures ...

The second night of parades at Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome began with Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel honoring late Brazilian rock icon Rita Lee. The second night of Carnival parades at the Rio ...

The Boi Tolo, one of the city’s most iconic street parties, has come to represent the glittery, gritty grass-roots celebration far from the glamour of the official parades. Revelers taking part in the ...

Samba school Academicos de Niteroi kicked off three days of dazzling parades with the homage to Lula, tracing his life as a boy growing up in poverty in the arid northeast, to a metalworker, union ...

The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is in full swing, with parades featuring top samba teams. But one of the events is stirring up political controversy. The parades that started on Sunday night ...

A parade float praising Brazil's president Lula strode through Rio's Sambadrome, drawing controversy and triggering lawsuits. Critics of the president accused him of improperly using the nation's high ...

Thousands of revelers took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the biggest event on Brazil’s cultural calendar: Carnival. Musicians, percussionists and stilt performers draw in partygoers ...