The Brazilian Olympic Committee have announced they will attempt to bring the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro.

Screams and cheers greeted the Rolling Stones as they pulled up to their beach-front hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, today in a huge police motorcade, and die-hard fans were already staking out spots before an enormous stage on Copacabana Beach, where up to two million people were expected to attend the band’s free concert tomorrow night.

In the first electoral test for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his plans to remake Latin America’s largest country, Brazilians today chose mayors and city councils nationwide.