RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro recorded its hottest day in at least a decade when temperatures reached 44 degrees Celsius (111 F) on Monday as residents flocked to the ocean to try to cool ...

Even the city’s name ‘Rio de Janeiro’ is Portuguese. Freya: He’s training for a special event. Rodge: Awesome, I’ll train too! Freya: Haha, ok. First he surfs at Copacabana Beach ...

One of Rio's most popular shores, Copacabana is a public beach located in the heart of the luxurious Zona Sul neighborhood. The beach is marked by postos, or lifeguard stands, that offer changing ...

Filmmaker Fernando Frias de la Parra takes us on an adventure from Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach, down the coast to Angra, and ends in the preserved colonial city of Paraty. Along the way we try ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thousands of worshippers clad in white robes spilled onto Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to pay homage to Yemanja, the Afro-Brazilian sea goddess. Devotees wade ...

Thousands of people gathered on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach on Sunday in a show of support for former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, who faces charges of leading a plot to topple the ...

Approximately 2 million people come to Rio to celebrate New Year's Eve with live music, firework shows and good spirits on Copacabana Beach (top ... the season when Rio de Janeiro sees the most ...