RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil—As Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival celebrations kicked off on Saturday, dozens of dogs dressed as mermaids, superheroes, butterflies, and clowns paraded alongside their owners in one of the city’s most beloved canine street parties. The Blocão—a play on words that joins “bloco,” which refers to Carnival street parties, and “cão,” or dog […]
BERLIN—Five people were injured in southwestern Germany Sunday afternoon when a carnival float burst into flames, police said. Around 3 p.m. local time in Kehl, a city in southwestern Germany along the border with France, part of a float participating in a local parade caught fire. The parade was part of Fasnacht, the local name […]
ANTIOCH, Ill.—Northern Illinois police have seized a carnival ride as they continue investigating a Sunday incident in which a 10-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was thrown from his seat. After the Illinois Department of Labor finished inspecting the ride Wednesday, police in the village of Antioch and the Lake County State’s Attorney’s office […]
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 35-year-old man who was reported missing from a Carnival cruise ship off Florida’s Atlantic Coast. The agency said the man fell from the Carnival Magic about 185 miles (300 kilometers) east of Jacksonville early Monday. The man’s companion reported him missing, and the ship’s crew […]
NORFOLK, Va.—The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it’s searching for a man who fell from a cruise ship off the coast of Florida. The 35-year-old passenger fell from the Carnival Magic ship about 185 miles east of Jacksonville on Monday, the service said in a statement. The Coast Guard is searching from the air […]
BINCHE, Belgium—Around a thousand performers clad in traditional costumes featuring white wax masks and hats adorned with huge ostrich feathers paraded to the sound of drums in Belgium’s most famous carnival on Tuesday, the first to be held in three years. Their wooden shoes thudding rhythmically on the cobbled streets of the medieval town of […]
BRUSSELS—Huge ostrich feather headpieces are one of the costumes made by the Kersten family for Belgium’s celebrated Mardi Gras carnival, and after the event was canceled due to COVID-19 in recent years, the 120-year-old family business is hoping for a revival. Rooted in the Middle Ages, the Binche carnival, a UNESCO World Heritage event, is […]
In the first hours after the Carnival Valor set sail from New Orleans on Thanksgiving eve, a brother and sister set off for a place apropos of a holiday mood: They headed to an onboard bar. Predictably, the man at one point stepped away to use the restroom. But he didn’t come back. Hours passed. […]
BRUSSELS—A car slammed at high speed into Carnival revelers in a small town in southern Belgium early Sunday, killing six people and leaving 10 more with life-threatening injuries, authorities said, adding many others were lightly injured. “What should have been a great party turned into a tragedy,” said Belgian Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden. The prosecutor’s […]
BERLIN—A German court sentenced a man to life in prison for plowing his car into a carnival parade in the western German town of Volkmarsen last year, injuring dozens, including 20 children, tagesschau.de reported on Thursday. The local man, now 31 years old, was accused of having deliberately steered his car into a large group […]
A man intentionally rammed a car into a crowd at a carnival procession in the German town of Volkmarsen, injuring dozens of people including children, police said.
The suspect, a 29-year-old German citizen, was arrested but could not be immediately questioned because he was injured in the incident and being treated by doctors.
LONDON—Knife detection arches will be used at London’s Notting Hill Carnival for the first time, police said. London’s Metropolitan Police hope that the “tried and tested method” will deter people from attending the popular parade while carrying knives. Around a million visitors are expected to attend the event over the three-day weekend this year, which […]
