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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
