One of the most iconic landmarks in Rio de Janeiro is the Escadaria Selarón, or Selarón Steps, a 250-step staircase decorated with more than 2,000 carefully placed tiles from around the world. It was ...

Residents of the Alemão and Penha neighborhoods protest outside the Rio de Janeiro government building after the deadliest police massacre in the state's history. [Photo: Fernando Frazão/Agência ...

The death toll in Rio’s deadliest police operation in history rose to 132 people, the state authorities say, sparking outrage and a reckoning. By Ana Ionova Reporting from Rio de Janeiro. The bodies ...

Extreme weather in Rio de Janeiro is getting worse: recent years have brought record-breaking heat and rainfall to Brazil’s second-largest city, intensifying the risk of floods and landslides, ...

At least 64 people, including four police officers, have been killed in a law enforcement operation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to local media reports. On Tuesday, Governor Claudio Castro ...