The 14-time champion samba school Beija-Flor worked tirelessly on Tuesday (February 18) to have dazzling costumes and ...

Rio de Janeiro residents and tourists baked Monday in scorching temperatures as the city's crowded pre-Carnival street ...

Rio de Janeiro residents and tourists were baking Monday in scorching temperatures as the city's crowded pre-Carnival street ...

(AP/Diarlei Rodrigues) Health workers carry an injured woman after a fire destroyed a factory that produces Carnival costumes ...

All the affected groups belong to the Gold Series, a kind of second division among the samba schools of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival; however, some have performed several times in the Elite Division.

A fire broke out Wednesday at a factory making costumes for Rio de Janeiro's Carnival, injuring 21 people in a blow to the ...

Samba school Imperio Serrano is one of those ... The weeks leading up to Rio’s carnival are often tense, with workers rushing to finalize preparations that have been months in the making in ...

According to Airbnb, the U.S. ranks second in the number of nights booked in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival, just behind Brazil. With its vibrant atmosphere, world-famous samba schools ...

that we managed to preserve," he said. Rio's Carnival, famous for parades with lavish costumes and towering floats to the tune of samba music, begins on February 28 and will run until March 8.

Health workers carry an injured woman after a fire destroyed a factory that produces Carnival costumes for the lower division samba schools in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.