This photo shows the Champions' Parade of the Carnival 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 22, 2026. The Champions' Parade of the Carnival 2026 was held in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. The top six ...

An homage to the life of Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by samba school Acadêmicos de Niterói came in last ...

A parade honouring the life of Brazil's president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by samba school Academicos de Niteroi came in ...

Rio de Janeiro's Carnival is using samba parades to spotlight Black Brazilian women writers who rarely get public recognition ...

Rio Carnival has begun in earnest, with scantily-clad glitter-covered partygoers taking to the streets to parade through cities across Brazil. The annual five-day festival, which began on Friday and ...

Brazil has been in party mode since February 13 with the 2026 Carnival celebration, which wraps up this weekend.

Colombian superstar Shakira has been officially confirmed as the headlining artist for the "Todo Mundo no Rio" megashow, ...

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hundreds of thousands of people cover themselves in glitter for the biggest party in the world, ...

One of Rio de Janeiro's top samba schools kicked off this year's Carnival with a lavish ode to Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, tracing his rise from rural poverty to superhero status among the ...

With Brazil entering the joyous throes of Carnival, Alpine ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen on Saturday gave it another ...

When Lourdes Barreto fled her home in Brazil's northeastern state of Paraiba as a teenager -- a move that launched her into ...