A new statue of Christ being built in Brazil will be taller than the famous Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro ... Getty Images Tourists will be able to view the surrounding countryside from ...

Rio's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue has a makeover in celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day. About ten million people face water rationing as severe drought brings reservoir levels to record ...

Does he look for the statue when he arrives home after a trip abroad? No, he says – because there’s no need. “It is he who finds me when I arrive in Rio.” For over a century, the statue ...

Authorities also closed the city's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue and the cable car that takes sightseers to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain, two of Rio's most famous attractions. Rio state ...