Rio de Janeiro

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By Catherine Garcia, The Week US Published 19 February 26

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By The Week UK Published 15 November 25

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By Catherine Garcia, The Week US Published 15 April 25

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By The Week Staff Published 13 February 24

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By Catherine Garcia, The Week US Published 29 January 24

The Week Recommends There's far more to Rio than just mountains, beaches, music and dance

By Tom Yarwood Published 7 January 24

In Pictures More than 46m people joined this year’s Carnival celebrations, the first to take place without restrictions since the pandemic

By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published 22 February 23

In Depth Army forces to take control in Rio as gang crime rises

By The Week Staff Published 19 February 18

In Depth Iconic Maracana football stadium abandoned and vandalised, while murky water fills the aquatics centre

By The Week Staff Published 14 February 17

In Depth The build-up to the Games is rarely smooth, but the 2016 Olympics has had more than its fair share of problems

By The Week Staff Published 15 July 16

Daily Briefing With fewer and fewer cities able to afford the cost of the Games, the format may need to change in the future

By The Week Staff Published 13 July 16

Speed Read Organisers remain defiant over virus despite the withdrawal of another big name amid calls to move or postpone the 2016 Games

By The Week Staff Last updated 12 July 16