Rio de Janeiro s infamous carnival parades returned this weekend in a swirl of glitter, sequins and samba for the festival s first full-on edition since Covid-19 and Brazil s divisive elections.
The world s biggest carnival returned in full force since COVID-19, with attendees celebrating both the end of the pandemic and veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ousting incumbent and ultra-conservative Jair Bolsonaro in October s presidential elections.