Thud. Bump. Swish. A single white ball arcs up into the baby blue sky before zooming back down to the ground at great speed. It’s sunrise on Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro, and the entire beach is empty ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). On any given night in Rio de Janeiro, walk a block inland from Ipanema Beach, along Rua Vinícius de Moraes, and the sound of waves will ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Short, and dark, and young, and tired, the seal on Ipanema was basking ... The fur seal on Rio de Janeiro’s iconic beach was turning heads of locals and tourists alike Wednesday ...

Not an inch of sand was wasted in Rio De Janeiro yesterday. Thousands of sun-worshippers flocked to Ipanema Beach to make the most of a heatwave that saw temperatures reach as high as 34C (93F). The ...

“I do not want to leave this place,” I scribbled in my journal the night we flew home. I meant it. Rio de Janeiro has that effect on you. It’s not just the raw natural beauty–though the cinematic ...

Some 1,200 people attended the inauguration of the four-story, 440-seat Orthodox synagogue named for the late Brazilian Jewish billionaire and philanthropist Edmond Safra, RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (JTA) ...

Campaigners have taken to Rio's famous Ipanema beach to protest at the amount of sewage being dumped in the sea. Silvia Costeloe reports. Toilet protest on Rio beach. Video, 00:01:10Toilet protest on ...

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