Brazil’s 2025 Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades. Follow AP reporters and photographers as they follow Saturday's pre-Lenten parties.
The world’s biggest party is back as Carnival celebrations return to Brazil with glittery costumes, samba rhythms ringing out until dawn and hundreds of raucous roaming parties flooding the streets.
A Rio Carnival samba school has honored Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with a glowing parade, but his rivals are calling it illegal early campaigning.
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