BRAZIL-RIO DE JANEIRO-CARNIVAL 2023

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 18, 2023 :

A reveler participates in the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 17, 2023. The Brazilian city’s carnival is the South American country’s biggest popular festival and one of the largest carnival celebrations in the world. This year, the event returns to its traditional date for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, after it was held in April in 2022. In total, more than 400 parades of comparsas, or groups of musicians and dancers, will entertain attendees through the streets of Rio de Janeiro.

(Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)