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Postcards Special: Carnival around the world

See a photo gallery of images from around the world as carnival is celebrated around the world…

A photo gallery of images from around the world as carnival is celebrated around the world…


The Gilles of Binche wear their traditional wax masks as they attend carnival celebrations in Binche, Belgium, on Tuesday, 4th March, 2025. PICTURE: AP Photo/Omar Havana.


Performers dance during a parade through Place Massena during the opening ceremony of the 152nd edition of the Nice Carnival in Nice, southern France, on Saturday, 15th February, 2025. PICTURE: AP Photo/Lewis Joly.


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


Revellers dance during the “Jisk’a Anata,” or small party in Aymara, in La Paz, Bolivia, on Monday, 3rd March, 2025. PICTURE: AP Photo/Juan Karita.


Revellers dressed as “Mascaritas” take part in a traditional carnival celebration in the small village of Luzon, Spain, on Saturday, 1st March, 2025. PICTURE: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez.


Dancers from the Colorado do Bras samba school perform during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, on Friday, 28th February, 2025. PICTURE: AP Photo/Andre Penner.


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, 3rd March, 2025. PICTURE: AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris.

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