At least 20 people have been injured after a factory making costumes for Carnival celebrations in Brazil caught fire.

Samba school Viradouro is crowned champion of the highly contested event held at Rio's Sambadrome.

Indigenous communities were celebrated at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí on Sunday evening.

Samba school Imperatriz Leopoldinense wins the title of this year's carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro.

The Grande Rio samba group has won the top prize with a parade promoting religious tolerance.

Brazil's famous Carnival returned this year for the first time since the Covid pandemic.

Parades fill the streets of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro for the first carnival since the pandemic began.