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Director Diego Freitas plays with caramelo dogs on the set of the Netflix film "Caramelo" in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

These Brazilian caramel-colored stray dogs were long overlooked. Now, they’re having a major moment

By David Biller - Associated Press

Zuleida greets and speaks with municipal health workers and volunteers who are inspecting the Tabajaras favela for standing water where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can breed, in an effort to stop the spread of dengue in the Copacabana neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil’s health agents scour junkyards and roofs for mosquitos to fight dengue epidemic

By Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

A behemoth sound truck popularly referred to as an electric trio makes it way through a street crowded with revelers during the "Academicos do Baixo Augusta" pre-Carnival street party in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. In the seven decades since the first one hit Brazil’s streets, trios have grown ever more sophisticated and ever larger — with lights, LED screens, dressing rooms and VIP areas. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

How a run-down Ford launched a music revolution that swept Brazil’s Carnival

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A dog wears a headdress during the "Blocao" dog Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Dogs in glittery costumes parade in Rio de Janeiro as pet lovers kick off Carnival

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Krewe du Vieux parades through the Marigny neighborhood in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Mardi Gras is coming. Here’s what to know about New Orleans’ parades and parties

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

Lawren DiBella sprinkles colored sugar onto king cakes at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Fat Tuesday means big business for New Orleans bakers under exploding demand for king cakes

By Kevin Mcgill and Stephen Smith - Associated Press

Revelers march in the La Societe de Saint Anne Parade on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. The countdown to Mardi Gras begins Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, in New Orleans as Carnival season kicks off with dozens of costumed revelers and a brass band set to crowd onto a streetcar for the Phunny Phorty Phellows' nighttime ride down historic St. Charles Avenue. Meanwhile, a walking club in the French Quarter will march in its annual procession honoring Joan of Arc. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Carnival begins in New Orleans with Phunny Phorty Phellows, Joan of Arc parade

By Kevin McGill - Associated Press

The Carnival cruise line ship Carnival Magic sits docked on April, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday, May 30, 2023, that it's searching for a man who fell from a cruise ship off the coast of Florida. The 35-year-old was on the Carnival Magic when he fell from the ship about 186 miles east of Jacksonville, Fla., on Monday, May 29. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Coast Guard suspends search for Carnival Magic passenger who went overboard off Florida

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The cruise liner Crystal Symphony leaves the harbor in Charleston, S.C. on May, 21, 2013. Scheduled to land in Miami on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, the ship, with hundreds of passengers aboard, was diverted to the Bahamas after a U.S. judge granted an order to seize the vessel as part of a lawsuit over unpaid fuel. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

Woman’s mysterious death aboard cruise ship under FBI investigation

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Queen of Zulu Dr. Christy Lagarde Spears rides on a float during the traditional Krewe of Zulu Parade on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Mardi Gras brings joy — but also worry over violent crime

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This photo provided by the Sao Paulo Government shows vehicles fallen from an elevated area along the beach in Sao Sebastiao, east of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, after it was damaged by a severe weather system went through the area. (Sao Paulo Government via AP)

Downpour kills at least 36 in Brazil, cities cancel Carnival

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

A performer from the Mangueira samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Rio’s flamboyant Carnival parade is back after the pandemic

By David Biller and Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Carnival King Momo, Wilson Dias da Costa Neto, holds up the key of the city during the ceremony marking the official start of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Rio’s Carnival parade is back, as street bands ache to party

By David Biller - Associated Press

Employees of Nomi Health check in a long line of people for COVID-19 tests, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, in North Miami, Fla. The omicron variant has unleashed a fresh round of fear and uncertainty, for travelers, shoppers and party-goers around the U.S. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

3rd Florida-based ship has COVID outbreak as state cases rise

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Illustration on a wealth tax by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Pandora Papers help fuel progressive Democrats’ tax schemes

By Cal Thomas