Rio de Janeiro residents and tourists baked Monday in scorching temperatures as the city's crowded pre-Carnival street ... its parade rehearsal on Copacabana beach. Meanwhile, some of the world's ...

Madonna put on a free concert on Copacabana beach Saturday night ... A shop in the downtown neighborhood famed for selling Carnival attire completely reinvented itself, stocking its shelves ...

Finding an affordable place to stay during Carnival can be difficult ... firework shows and good spirits on Copacabana Beach (top tip: wear white for the celebrations like the locals do to ...