Final day of carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro – in pictures

Dancers from Rio de Janeiro's 12 samba schools perform in the city's Sambadrome
  
  


Rio Carnival Tuesday: A Beija Flor samba school dancer
A Beija-Flor samba school dancer performs while parading through the Sambadrome exhibition area Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP
Rio Carnival Tuesday: A float from the Mocidade Independente samba school
A float by the Mocidade Independente samba school parades Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP
Rio Carnival Tuesday: Porto da Pedra samba school dancers perform
Porto da Pedra samba school dancers perform at the Sambadrome Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP
Rio Carnival Tuesday: A reveller of the Porto da Pedra samba school
A dancer from the Porto da Pedra samba school is suspended from a balloon
Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP
Rio Carnival Tuesday: Revelers of Rio de Janeiro's samba school
Revellers from the Grande Rio samba school perform on top of a float
Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP
Rio carnival: A Grande Rio samba school dancer performs
A Grande Rio samba school dancer performs in the Sambadrome Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP
Rio carnival: Performers from the Salgueiro samba school
Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade in military costumes through the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
Rio carnival: A Grande Rio samba school dancer performs
A Grande Rio samba school dancer performs in the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
Rio carnival: A member of Mocidade Independente samba school
A member of Mocidade Independente samba school dances on a float next to a giant mask as it parades through the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
Rio carnival: A member of the Salgueiro samba school
A member of the Salgueiro samba school parades in the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
Rio carnival: Grande Rio samba school
The Grande Rio samba school performs at the Sambadrome
Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP
Rio Carnival Tuesday: Revellers make their way home
Revellers make their way home after the carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
 

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