Rio

May 20th to June 3rd 2026

Published

A yellow breeze-block wall and orange handrails beside a mossy tree and dense greenery
Carijo: recording studio, AirBnb, ex movie star mansion, and hippie squat
Sunlight through a glass-block wall falling on a red painting and a drum kit
A beach parasol hung with dozens of brightly coloured bikinis for sale
If you look closely you can make out the toes of the vendor taking cover behind here wares.
A man leaping to serve a volleyball against a clear blue sky on the beach
Four players either side of a beach volleyball net with parasols and sea behind
Crowded Copacabana sand with orange parasols below a wall of apartment towers
Sugarloaf Mountain rising behind the Copacabana seafront at the end of the day
A favela of stacked brick houses on a hillside with the city and hills beyond
A man sitting on a bare rock slope below palms, grinning and holding up a peace sign
This guy found a good spot at Leme looking down the stretch of Copacabana
A weathered apartment block facade of shutters and air conditioning units, a cat in one window
A barefoot vendor pulling a Milho Verde corn cart along the sand by the sea
Vendors walk the beach selling corn, beers, chewing gum, mate, and barbequed shrimp. You can even get a chicken parmesan complete with beans, rice, and farofa.
People playing footvolley and frescobol at the shoreline with mountains across the bay
'Altinha' played on the beach at sunset
Altinho at dusk: a football hangs in the sky above players at the water's edge