Carnival in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro's top samba schools danced and sang hard this week as millions of other Brazilians did the same during nationwide Carnival celebrations.

The Salgueiro samba school parades through the Sambadrome during Carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A performer from the Uniao da Ilha samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A performer from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A performer from Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school parades on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Performers from the Portela samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Performers from the Uniao da Ilha samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A performer from the Salgueiro samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A member of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school performs on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A performer from the Portela samba school parades on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Performers from the Uniao da Ilha school parade on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Exhausted float pushers for the Beija Flor samba school rest at the end of Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. The world-famous two-day parade finished earlier on Tuesday with samba-schools also criticizing the country’s politicians amid a series of corruption scandals. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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This post was curated by Donald King in New York.