Every year before Lent, Rio de Janeiro hands itself over to Rio Carnival, and travelers fly in from all over the world to be part of it. They come for the samba school parades, the street parties that fill the neighborhoods, and the sense that a whole city has stopped to celebrate.

Thanksgiving is the one holiday that is built around celebrating the blessings and sharing them among your friends and family over a meal. You cook the dishes everyone asks for every year, call in those people who you love and those who you sometimes see. And slowly add a few new traditions of your own to make it an intimate and cherished gathering.

If the delivery driver knows your dog's name by now, the latest numbers back that up. The U.S. Census Bureau puts online retail sales at $340.2 billion for the second quarter of 2026, roughly 17% of all U.S. retail sales.

Millions of drivers face that adjustment when they travel abroad. Generally, most of the world drives on the right. The U.S. does, and so do a majority of other countries. But Britain, Japan, Australia, and Pakistan all keep to the left.

Healthcare in the U.S. can be expensive, with doctor visits costing hundreds of dollars, along with the cost of prescribed medications and procedures. If you’re hospitalized, a mere 3-day stay can quickly add up to $30,000.