AP PHOTOS: Carnival Around the World

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Performers dance during a parade through Place Massena during the opening ceremony of the 152nd edition of the Nice Carnival in Nice, southern France, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

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Revelers cheer during the Mud Block carnival party in Paraty, Brazil, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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A carnival float despicts Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during the traditional Rose Monday carnival parade in Cologne, Germany, Monday, March 3, 2025. (Oliver Berg/dpa via AP)

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A disguised man walks through a street during the main carnival parade in North Macedonia’s southeastern town of Strumica, marking the beginning of the Easter fasting period, late Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

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Revelers dance during the “Jisk’a Anata,” or small party in Aymara, in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Revellers wearing traditional carnival masks take part in Shrovetide celebrations, in Rumsiskes village, some 89 kilometres (56 miles) north of Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

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A performer from the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school parades on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

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Revelers dressed as “Mascaritas” take part in a traditional carnival celebration in the small village of Luzon, Spain, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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An artist prepares for Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

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The Gilles of Binche wear their traditional wax masks as they attend Carnival celebrations in Binche, Belgium, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

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A broker watches his screens at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, on the traditional Carnival Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

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Transgender woman Negriny Venture rehearses at the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school for the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Parade participants are seen during the Church Point Courir de Mardi Gras Parade on Sunday, March 2, 2025, in Church Point, La. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

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Dancers from the Colorado do Bras samba school perform during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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A candombe drummer performs during a Carnival parade in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

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Hara Papageorgiou, 12, poses for a portrait, dressed in animal skins and heavy bronze bells, as part of carnival celebrations in Distomo, a village in central Greece, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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A performer from the Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school dances during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

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A costumed waiter takes part in a cafe waiters race during the Nice Carnival in Nice, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly).

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Renata Carvalho sings during the “Cordao do Boitata” street pre-carnival party in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

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A reveller participating in the celebrations of the historic Venetian Carnival rests as a gondola passes by, in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

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Performers dance during a parade through Place Massena during the opening ceremony of the 152nd edition of the Nice Carnival in Nice, southern France, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

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Revelers cheer during the Mud Block carnival party in Paraty, Brazil, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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A carnival float despicts Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during the traditional Rose Monday carnival parade in Cologne, Germany, Monday, March 3, 2025. (Oliver Berg/dpa via AP)

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A disguised man walks through a street during the main carnival parade in North Macedonia’s southeastern town of Strumica, marking the beginning of the Easter fasting period, late Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

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Revelers dance during the “Jisk’a Anata,” or small party in Aymara, in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Revellers wearing traditional carnival masks take part in Shrovetide celebrations, in Rumsiskes village, some 89 kilometres (56 miles) north of Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

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A performer from the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school parades on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

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Revelers dressed as “Mascaritas” take part in a traditional carnival celebration in the small village of Luzon, Spain, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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An artist prepares for Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

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The Gilles of Binche wear their traditional wax masks as they attend Carnival celebrations in Binche, Belgium, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

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A broker watches his screens at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany, on the traditional Carnival Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

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Transgender woman Negriny Venture rehearses at the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school for the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Parade participants are seen during the Church Point Courir de Mardi Gras Parade on Sunday, March 2, 2025, in Church Point, La. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

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Dancers from the Colorado do Bras samba school perform during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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A candombe drummer performs during a Carnival parade in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

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Hara Papageorgiou, 12, poses for a portrait, dressed in animal skins and heavy bronze bells, as part of carnival celebrations in Distomo, a village in central Greece, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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A performer from the Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school dances during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

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A costumed waiter takes part in a cafe waiters race during the Nice Carnival in Nice, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly).

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Renata Carvalho sings during the “Cordao do Boitata” street pre-carnival party in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

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A reveller participating in the celebrations of the historic Venetian Carnival rests as a gondola passes by, in Venice, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)