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Rio Carnival conquers Zika fears with repellant and samba With crazy costumes, pulsating music the Rio Carnival's top performers swatted aside Zika worries to get down for the world's biggest party

08 February 2016

London's colourful Notting Hill Carnival kicks off London's Notting Hill Carnival kicked off with a riot of colour despite grey skies, in a celebration of Caribbean culture reputed as Europe's biggest street party.

31 August 2015

Party time! Carnival opens in Rio Brazil opened five days of non-stop partying Friday as Rio de Janeiro's Carnival officially opened.

14 February 2015

Notting Hill Carnival brings reggae beats to London streets Europe's biggest street party the Notting Hill Carnival in London drew vast crowds as revellers gathered for reggae, steel bands and dancing.

25 August 2014

Carnival crown to samba champions honoring Senna, Bolt Rio on Wednesday elected the Unidos da Tijuca samba school as its Carnival champions, a 40-strong jury crowning a program which paid homage to late Brazilian Formula One racer Ayrton Senna.

06 March 2014

Rio Carnival twist and shouts to Beatlemania Beatlemania gripped the Rio Carnival as more than 130,000 revelers twist and shouted to samba versions of the Fab Four's greatest hits.

04 March 2014

King Momo kicks off riotous Rio carnival Rio plunged into five days of hedonistic revelry Friday as the city's legendary carnival opened, with King Momo taking the keys of the city and declaring joy by decree.

01 March 2014

Brazil's Carnival reaches its crescendo Origin: Brazil Rio's Carnival festivities reached their crescendo late Monday with a final night of samba school parades, part of a contest appropriately dubbed the greatest show on earth.

12 February 2013

Celebrities flock to Rio Carnival extravaganza As world celebrities watched, top samba schools paraded their elaborate fantasy floats and scantily-clad beauty queens Sunday in the fiery highlight of the Rio Carnival.

11 February 2013

Tens of thousands kick off Venice Carnival Some 70,000 revellers, many wearing elaborate costumes and masks, thronged Venice's St Mark's Square on Sunday to watch the traditional "flight of the angel," a highlight of the annual Carnival.

04 February 2013

Sequins, beer, robberies at Rio's pet Carnival parade Hundreds of pets decked out with sequins, ruffles and hats paraded on Rio's famed Copacabana beach Sunday in an annual pre-Carnival extravaganza briefly interrupted by a spate of robberies.

04 February 2013

Austerity carnival mocks Italy's elections Carnival workers in central Italy dusted off their Silvio Berlusconi masks and put the finishing touches to an anti-austerity float.

31 January 2013

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