Rio de Janeiro's Carnival, Brazil's biggest festival of the year, dazzled with mega-floats, costumes and performances on Tuesday (March 4) evening for the flamboyant celebration's fifth day.

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 DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Carnival revelry is ramping up ... About 300 people brought their pets dressed in costumes, ranging from superheroes to cartoon characters and clowns.