There is still some time to go until the festivities, but street parties and samba school rehearsals are already kicking off the greatest show on Earth.

This year, the “special group” parades over three days instead of the usual two, with four samba schools taking the stage each night. The Sambadrome, a symbol of Brazil's Carn ...

Members of the Padre Miguel samba school performing at the Sambadrome during Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS ...

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 a means to spotlight trans people’s struggle in Brazil, where more of them ...

Rio Carnival is both rooted in European pagan traditions ... the Sambadrome with four groups taking the stage by storm each night for over five hours of samba-mania. Entry to the parades and ...

With peaks and beaches, the city is stunning 24 hours a day. After sunset, here are some ideas of things to do in Rio de ...

The 22-year-old from an area outside Rio had spent the night sleeping on a street in bohemian neighborhood Santa Teresa, covering herself with just a sheet, so she could arrive in time for the ...

The king and queen of Brazil’s renowned Rio de Janeiro carnival visited Cyprus’ carnival capital Limassol on Friday night.

The roots of Brazilian Carnival trace back to the Portuguese colonial period when European settlers brought their festive traditions to Brazil in the 17th century. These celebrations were heavily ...

The Mocidade Independente samba school, one of Rio’s most popular, has 240 drummers in its section ... They will be the first school to parade in the Sambadrome on Tuesday night, the final evening of ...

Clowns complete with red noses and tutus sung Carnival songs to sick children on the pediatric ward of a Rio de Janeiro ...

Sick children on the pediatrics ward of a Rio de Janeiro hospital were treated to the joy of carnival, as clowns visited ...