The world’s biggest party is back as Carnival celebrations return to Brazil. The Associated Press’ David Biller talks through why the festivities are so special.

Just in time for carnival, Assouline's shiny new tome on Rio de Janeiro celebrates the spirit of the Marvelous City.

The São Paulo Civil Police shared that 32-year-old Charlotte Peet boarded a bus at the Tietê Bus Terminal bound for Rio de Janeiro, according to Brazilian news outlets Globo, SB

Watch live as revelers and patients from the Nise de Silveira mental health institute take part in the “Loucura Suburbana,” or "Suburban Madness," before Carnival officially begins in Rio de

The Wombats, a popular English indie rock band that hails from Liverpool, recently dropped their sixth studio album, titled Oh! The Ocean.

The drums rolled on Sunday (March 2) as thousands of samba troupe members swung into the spotlight of Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome for the Carnival's third night of festivities in the Brazilian city.

Charlotte Peet, 32, last contacted a friend in Rio de Janeiro on February 8, according to a Tuesday statement from the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in Brazil (ACIE).

Located atop the Mirador de Boa Viagem in the city of Niterói, the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (MAC) was designed by modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer.

Brazilian Felipe Franco shoots the ball during a Preliminaries round group B men’s water polo match at the XV Pan American Games 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 21 July 2007. AFP PHOTO/MARTIN BERNETTI

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Transgender women took a salsa class ahead of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Ecuadorians demanded the government pay overdue debts to private clinics in order to access free dialysis.