Mardi Gras season is here. Did it start in Alabama? What we know

Mardi Gras brings parades, beads, king cake and a friendly debate over where it all began. Here’s what to know about the ...
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Clowns parade through Rio's favela on Three Kings Day

Faithful dressed in colorful costumes and dancing to the sounds of drums paraded through the streets of Rio de Janeiro as ...

Enormous crowd welcomes 2026 under fireworks display at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro

More than 2 million revellers gathered at Rio's Copacabana Beach to celebrate the start of 2026, witnessing a 12-minute ...
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Rio's best street carnival costume: which one is your favourite?

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 paid ...
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At least 10 hospitalized in fire at Rio de Janeiro's Carnival costume factory

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A fire Wednesday at a Rio de Janeiro factory that produces costumes for the city's iconic Carnival left 10 people hospitalized, Rio’s state health department said, casting a ...
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At least 10 hospitalized in fire at Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival costume factory

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A fire Wednesday at a ...