Seth Doane is an award-winning CBS News correspondent based in Rome, Italy since 2016. Doane has covered terrorist attacks and breaking news across Europe, traveled with Pope Francis as part of his ...

In this Jan. 21, 2013 photo, a Carnival mask in the likeness of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Joaquim Barbosa is displayed on a mannequin at the Condal factory in Sao Goncalo, near Rio de Janeiro, ...

Shkodër (Albania) (AFP) – As carnival celebrations are held across the globe, more than two dozen craftsmen in a quaint studio in northern Albania put the final touches on a series of elegant Venetian ...

The city of New Orleans has issued a statement about mask mandates following online criticism of the mayor's annual Gallier Hall Carnival party. The New Orleans mayor's Mardi Gras Ball at Gallier Hall ...

Schoolchildren have been making 25 masks to form part of a trail for carnival-goers to follow. Pupils from schools and nurseries designed and decorated the masks now on display in and around ...

A young man walks in an empty St. Mark’s Square in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. Gondolas and other vessels are moored instead of preparing for Carnival’s popular boat parade in the lagoon.

Although accounts on the exact start of the Venice Carnival vary–some attribute it to the 11th century while others claim it began in the 12th–most agree it was a celebration of the incognito. With a ...