The Latest Breaking News from Carnival

Brazil’s Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades

Rio de Janeiro’s mayor handed over the key to the city to its Carnival monarch

The 2025 Carnival Season -- marked by a weekslong pre-Lenten bash and complete with colorful parades, shimmery beads tossed from floats and streets lined with costumed revelers -- is reaching its conclusion on the Gulf Coast

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 are reported killed than anywhere else

Cher Maximen was stabbed at Notting Hill Carnival after attending the family day with her young daughter

Rio de Janeiro residents and tourists baked Monday in scorching temperatures as the city's crowded pre-Carnival street parties swung into full gear.

The opening weekend of Carnival in Venice culminated with a water procession along the Grand Canal that finished in front of the Rialto Bridge with a flourish of colorful streamers and confetti — all completely biodegradable.

A fire in a factory that produces costumes for the carnival in Rio de Janeiro has left 10 people hospitalized, health authorities said

Experience the resilience and joy of New Orleans as the Joan of Arc parade kicks off Carnival season amidst recent tragedy.

Hundreds gathered in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter to celebrate the first parade of Carnival season, just blocks from where 14 people were killed five days ago by a careening pickup

Notting Hill Carnival organisers respond by calling the Metropolitant Police Federation survey an “anti-carnival agenda”