Rio de Janeiro

Police wear fancy dress in Rio Carnival phone theft sting

Two people were arrested after a woman was spotted by a drone grabbing a phone from an attendee.

More than 120 people were killed in the raid which targeted the Comando Vermelho criminal gang.

Winners include a project for making the Atlantic Forest financially viable and a global ocean treaty initiative.

The Prince of Wales posed beneath the Christ the Redeemer statue 34 years after his mother did.

A witness says residents brought down body after body - some mutilated - after the massive police raid which has left at least 120 dead.

The police operation targeting a criminal gang in a densely-populated area of Rio is the deadliest in the city.

BBC Verify looks at a claim from Rio de Janeiro officials that the pop star's beach gig drew huge numbers.

Denis Kopanev, 33, disappeared from his accommodation without taking his personal items or passport.

A large-scale bomb attack was thwarted by police before Gaga's first concert in Brazil since 2012.

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