New Year's Eve festivities in Rio de Janeiro
Mon, 01/01/2018 - 7:18am
A woman offers flowers to Yemanja, goddess of the sea, for good luck in the coming year during New Year's Eve festivities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017. The belief in the goddess comes from the African Yoruba religion brought to America by West African slaves. [Leo Correa – Associated Press]