New Years festivities on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
awaiting the new year
rua da assembléia at avenida presidente wilson
New Years Eve in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Every year an estimated 2.5 million people gather on the beach in Copacabana to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.
Corcovado, meaning "hunchback" in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The 710-meter (2,330 ft) granite peak is located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park.
pedestrian streets of rio de janeiro
Barra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
As part of a New Years tradition, a man in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil carries flowers to the ocean which are thrown into the sea as an offering to Yemanja, the Goddess of the Sea.