Following Lady Gaga’s record-breaking crowd of 2.5 million, we look at the global icons rumored to lead Rio’s next historic ...

More than 2 million revellers gathered at Rio's Copacabana Beach to celebrate the start of 2026, witnessing a 12-minute ...

Devotees of gathered on Monday at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach to honor African sea goddess Yemanja in a traditional New ...

Experience Leblon Beach through a calm 3D aerial virtual perspective, revealing one of Rio de Janeiro’s most beautiful and ...

Rio de Janeiro – On the sandy beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, where tourists come to play and hawkers of sarongs and coconut water set up their stalls, the summer heat of December ...

A New Year's celebration at a beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, took an unexpected turn on January 1, 2026, when a sudden wave ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - One minute Victor Javier was rapt in a carefree game of beach soccer; the next he was a hapless victim of Rio de Janeiro's "shock of order" crackdown. Two city guards in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Citing a spike in petty thefts along Rio's iconic beaches, the Australian Olympic Committee on Sunday ordered its athletes to stay off the sand from sunset to sundown. The Olympians ...

But Rio’s beach kiosks find themselves at a curious crossroads as the 2016 Olympics begin. With the coming of the Olympics, the city spent years making renovations to athletic stadiums and ...

"As many animals appear during this migration, it is common to find some dead ones, it is common for some of them to be stranded dead or die at sea.” "It's a very decomposed animal, in an advanced ...

RIO DE JANEIRO-- Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The first time I visited Rio de Janeiro, I was sitting on Ipanema beach when a man jumped in front of my ...