Subtle hand signs coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of Rio de Janeiro’s glitzy Carnival parades.

Four of Rio's top samba schools took center stage on the opening night of Carnival parades on Sunday. (AP video shot by Mario ...

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

Rio de Janeiro’s mayor handed over the key to the city to its Carnival monarch on Friday, opening King Momo’s five-day reign ...

Rio de Janeiro's massive Sambadrome erupted in noisy celebrations Sunday as the news broke that Brazil won its first Oscar, ...

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 ...

Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.

The famed Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is in full swing, as the extravaganza culminates in parades featuring top samba ...

The festivities, which take place in Brazil from February 28 to March 8, attract tens of thousands of people and generate ...

During Carnival, the small Brazilian town of Sao Luiz do Paraitinga’s calm everyday life transforms into a joyful party known ...

Watch Samba school parade in Brazil Tens of thousands of cheering fans pack the bleachers of Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome to ...