Photos: Carnival 2016

A Mangueira samba school member performs during the second night of the carnival parade at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 9, 2016.

Masked revelers of the Wey guild parade through the streets on Feb. 8, 2016, at the start of the Carnival season in Lucerne, Switzerland. Carnival takes place Feb. 4-9.

Revelers of Uniao da Ilha samba school perform Feb. 7, 2016, during the first night of the Carnival parade at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.

Masked revelers of the Wey guild parade through the streets on Feb. 8, 2016, at the start of the Carnival season in Lucerne, Switzerland. Carnival takes place Feb. 4-9.

Revelers of Uniao da Ilha samba school wait Feb. 7, 2016, before the beginning of the first night of the Carnival parade at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.

A masked reveler dressed as a Minion parades through the streets Feb. 8, 2016, during the start of Carnival season in Lucerne, Switzerland. Carnival takes place Feb. 4-9.

Revelers of Grande Rio samba school perform Feb. 8, 2016, during the first night of the Carnival parade at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.

Masked revelers dressed as iPhones stand on the Chapel Bridge on Feb. 8, 2016, during the start of Carnival season in Lucerne, Switzerland. Carnival takes place Feb. 4-9.

Revelers covered with talcum powder try to catch promotional goodies on Feb. 8, 2016, during the Los Indianos street festival for Carnival in Santa Cruz de la Palma on the Spanish Canary island of La Palma.

Masked revelers of the Wey guild parade through the streets Feb. 8, 2016, during the start of Carnival season in Lucerne, Switzerland. Carnival takes place Feb. 4-9.

Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade Feb. 8, 2016, during Carnival celebrations at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.

A reveler wearing a sheep fur costume celebrates Feb. 7, 2016, alongside a bonfire burning a coffin symbolizing winter during the closing ceremony of the traditional Carnival parade in Mohacs, Hungary.

Revelers accompany a wagon called the Balkan Express and bearing the controversial message “The plague is coming” during a Feb. 6, 2016, Carnival parade in Wasungen, Germany.

A performer from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school dances during Carnival celebrations Feb. 8, 2016, at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.

Majorettes try to protect their costumes with rain capes on Feb. 8, 2016, as they dance during the traditional Springerzug parade in Herbststein, Germany.

A member of the Grande Rio samba school performs Feb. 7, 2016, during a Carnival parade at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.

Troupe members dance at a Carnival parade on Feb. 6, 2016, in Barranquilla, Colombia. Barranquilla’s Carnival was declared a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

Members of the Beija Flor samba school perform Feb. 7, 2016, during a Carnival parade at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.

Masked revelers parade through the streets Feb. 8, 2016, during the start of Carnival in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Performers from the Mocidade samba school parade Feb. 8, 2016, during Carnival celebrations at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.

A Carnival float depicting American presidential candidate Donald Trump and the Statue of Liberty stands in front of City Hall in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Feb. 8, 2016, after stormy weather led to cancellation of the parade there.

Revelers of the Uniao da Ilha samba school perform Feb. 7, 2016, during the first night of the Carnival parade at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.

Revelers celebrate in the traditional Rose Monday Carnival parade in Cologne, Germany, on Feb. 8, 2016.

Revelers of Uniao da Ilha do Governador samba school perform Feb. 7, 2016, during the first night of the Carnival parade at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.

Theater company members perform Feb. 6, 2016, during the “Doge Dance” at Pisani Moretta Palace in Venice, Italy.

A performer from Mocidade samba school parades Feb. 8, 2016, during Carnival celebrations at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.

Revelers celebrate the traditional Rose Monday Carnival observance on Feb. 8, 2016, in Cologne, Germany.

People dressed in intricate Peliqueiro costumes run Feb. 7, 2016, during a Carnival event in Laza, Spain. The event’s main characters, Peliqueiros, take to the streets lashing out at onlookers, who are forbidden to retaliate.

Revelers celebrate Carnival on Feb. 7, 2016, in Cologne, Germany.

A reveler holds a decorative pole Feb. 8, 2016, during a Carnival street festival in Santa Cruz de la Palma on the Spanish Canary island of La Palma.

A group of women dressed in traditional Slovenian costumes dance Feb. 7, 2016, during a Carnival parade in Ptuj, Slovenia.

A Carnival float featuring Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan clinking his glass with an Islamic State fighter stands on display Feb. 8, 2016, near City Hall in Duesseldorf, Germany. The Rose Monday parade, the highlight of western Germany’s Carnival season, was canceled because of bad weather.

Participants throw fruit at one another on Feb. 7, 2016, during the traditional “Battle of the Oranges” held during Carnival in Ivrea, Italy. During the event, which marks the people’s rebellion against tyrannical lords who ruled the town in the Middle Ages, revelers parading on floats represent guards of the tyrant and those on foot the townsfolk.

Participants dressed as Caretos gather around a giant effigy made of broom to be burned as part of the Carnival festival in Macedo de Cavaleiros in northeastern Portugal on Feb. 7, 2016. The Caretos show up in Carnival festivities striking whoever is not masked, following a millenary tradition of winter-end festivities.

Team participants throw oranges at one another on Feb. 7, 2016, during the traditional Battle of the Oranges held during Carnival in Ivrea, Italy.

Revelers of the Vai-Vai samba school perform Feb. 7, 2016, during the second night of the Carnival parade at Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil.