Clowns complete with red noses and tutus delivered the joy of Carnival to sick children in a Rio de Janeiro hospital on Tuesday, bringing the ebullient festivities normally found on the streets ...

Revellers in Rio de Janeiro showed their creativity, dressed to their nines to have a good time at the city’s street carnival parades this week.Our correspondents Jan Onoszko and Fanny Lothaire ...

Rio’s beaches Copacabana and Ipanema need little introduction. Instead, go to the locals’ beach Praia Vermelha in the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival ... The name Blocao is a mixture of “bloco,” which means Carnival street party, and “cao,” or dog in Portuguese.

Like musicians and stilt walkers, vendors are a fixture at Rio's street ... de Janeiro. They often spend hours on public transport each day trekking into the city from the poor periphery. Carnival ...

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

Like musicians and stilt walkers, vendors are a fixture at Rio's street ... de Janeiro. They often spend hours on public transport each day trekking into the city from the poor periphery. Carnival ...

Just a few minutes from the school parades in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome ... image of our beautiful carnival for the rest of the world too!” Watch moreRio de Janeiro carnival kicks off amid ...

About 100 dogs happily wagged their tails to samba music while socialising at the Blocao street party. The event drew around 300 people and their pets. “I think this is just wonderful; I’ve been ...

The Rio de Janeiro Carnival is a massive economic powerhouse ... transportation, and street vending. The Sambadrome parades alone, held at the Marquês de Sapucaí, draw around 120,000 spectators ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP ... who has worked as a street vendor for the last four years. She makes around 1,500 reais ($260) a day during Carnival — about the same as the country’s monthly ...