Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro

Reveller of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Grande Rio samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Grande Rio samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Grande Rio samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Grande Rio samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Grande Rio samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Grande Rio samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Drum Queen Evelyn Bastos of the Mangueira samba school. ©REUTERS

Revellers of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Drum Queen Raphaela Gomes of the Sao Clemente samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Mangueira samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Mangueira samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Mangueira samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Mangueira samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Mangueira samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Mangueira samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Mangueira samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Mangueira samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Mangueira samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Mangueira samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Mangueira samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Mangueira samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Salgueiro samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Salgueiro samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Salgueiro samba school. ©Reuters

Drum Queen Viviane Araujo of the Salgueiro samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Salgueiro samba school. ©Reuters

Revellers of the Salgueiro samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Salgueiro samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Salgueiro samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Salgueiro samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Beija-Flor samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Beija-Flor samba school. ©Reuters

Reveller of the Beija-Flor samba school. ©Reuters