A costumed brass band takes part in a carnival parade in Braunschweig, Germany,Sunday, February 11, 2018. (Photo by Peter Steffen/DPA via AP Photo)





Carnival revellers at the traditional “Rosenmontag” Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany on February 12, 2018. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Reuters)





Carnivalists put on make up during the traditional Rose Monday parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, Shrove Monday, February 12, 2018. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)





Revellers participate in a masked ball during Carnival celebrations in Maragojipe city, state of Bahia, Brazil, on February 11, 2018. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/AFP Photo)





Performers march through the streets of Port-au-Prince during the first day of Carnival on February 11, 2018 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, is still reeling from President Donald Trump's comments about the Caribbean nation and his decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians living in America following the 2010 earthquake that claimed over 300,000 lives. Carnival in Haiti is celebrated Sunday through Shrove Tuesday, the last day before the long fast for the Lent period in many Christian churches. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)





The Krewe of Bacchus rolls during Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 11 February 2018. (Photo by Dan Anderson/EPA/EFE)





A performer waits in front of carnival costumes on the second night of Rio's Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 12, 2018. (Photo by Carl De Souza/AFP Photo)





Members of the Pussyfooters dance at the Krewe of Cleopatra Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Friday, February 2, 2018. Mardi Gras season is kicking into high gear with a slew of major parades throughout New Orleans. Although Carnival season officially began Jan. 6, the festivities really kick into high gear the two weekends ahead of Fat Tuesday. This year Fat Tuesday is Feb. 13. (Photo by Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)





A parade participant during the traditional “Masopust Carnival” festival on February 13, 2018 in Roztoky near Prague, Czech Republic. Known as Masopust (literally, “giving up meat”), the festival was traditionally the last chance to eat and drink in excess before the austerity of Lent. (Photo by Margot Buff/RFE/RL)





Parade participants during the traditional “Masopust Carnival” festival on February 13, 2018 in Roztoky near Prague, Czech Republic. (Photo by Margot Buff/RFE/RL)





Townswomen dressed as Lamia, with their faces painted white and eyes darkened, sing and dance on Carnival Sunday, in the Basque coastal town of Mundaka, northern Spain, February 11, 2018. The Lamia are Basque mythological creatures whose lower extremities are those of a duck or fish depending on their proximity to the sea, and whose favored activity is combing their long blonde hair with a golden comb. (Photo by Vincent West/Reuters)





A carnival reveller swings around a long wooden stick during the traditional folklore “Narrensprung” (fools jump) procession on Rose Monday in the Black Forrest town of Rottweil in south-western Germany, February 12, 2018. (Photo by Steffen Schmidt/Reuters)





Members of the “Bloco Pretinhos do Mangue” (Block of Blackheads from Mud) group perform during carnival festivities in Curuca, in the state of Para, Brazil February 11, 2018. (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)





Revellers take part in the annual block party known as “Carmelitas”, during carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 9, 2018. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)





Disguised participants enjoy the carnival procession in Ludwigshafen, Germany Sunday, February 11, 2018. (Photo by Andreas Arnold/DPA via AP Photo)





A reveller from Mocidade samba school performs during the first night of the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 12, 2018. (Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters)





A reveller takes part in an annual block party known as “Pacotao”, during carnival festivities in Brasilia on February 11, 2018. (Photo by Adriano Machado/Reuters)





Members of the “Bloco Pretinhos do Mangue” (Block of Blackheads from Mud) group perform during carnival festivities in Curuca, Brazil on February 12, 2018. (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)





Revellers strike each other with pig bladders on a street during carnival celebrations in the northwestern village of Xinzo de Limia, Spain February 13, 2018. The revellers are dressed as “Pantalla”, in reference to ancient tax collectors, and pursues villagers through the streets ringing cowbells and striking them with pig bladders. (Photo by Miguel Vidal/Reuters)





A reveller dives into mud during the Faquetaique Courir de Mardi Gras celebration in Eunice, Louisiana, USA on February 13, 2018. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Reuters)





A reveller participates during the Faquetaique Courir de Mardi Gras celebration in Eunice, Louisiana, USA on February 13, 2018. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Reuters)





A reveller wears a mask during the traditional Buso Carnival in Mohacs, Hungary, February 11, 2018. (Photo by Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)





Carnival revellers ride down the Schiltach stream atop their float during the “Bach na fahre” (race down the stream) raft contest on Rose Monday in the south-western Black Forest town of Schramberg, Germany, February 12, 2018. (Photo by Steffen Schmidt/Reuters)





People dressed as Momotxorros, half bull, half man figures dressed in blood soaked sheepskins, take part in carnival celebrations in Alsasua, Spain, February 13, 2018. (Photo by Vincent West/Reuters)





Members of the “Group Boi Faceiro” dance during carnival festivities in Sao Caetano de Odivelas, Brazil February 13, 2018. (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)





A so-called Federahannes, a carnivalist of the tradiotal Swabian carnival, jumps with a stick during a parade in Rottweil, southwestern Germany, on Shrove Monday, February 12, 2018. (Photo by Patrick Seeger/DPA via AP Photo)





A participant dressed as a witch enjoys the carnival parade in Wuerzburg, southern Germany, Sunday, February 11, 2018. (Photo by Nicolas Armer/DPA via AP Photo)





A group of people dressed as “Gilles of Binche”, arrive to pick up their jubilee medals at the City Hall on the Grand Place, during the Carnival of Binche, in Binche, Belgium, Tuesday, February 13, 2018. Up to 1,000 clown-like performers known as Gilles, appear in the city centre of Binche, wearing a hat covered with ostrich feathers and a red, yellow and black medieval costume decorated with bells and with lace at the neck, wrists and ankles. The Carnival of Binche is recognized by UNESCO as a masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. (Photo by Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Photo)





Carnival revellers at the traditional “Rosenmontag” Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, Germany on February 12, 2018. (Photo by Ralph Orlowski/Reuters)





A member of the “Group Boi Faceiro” wear masks known as “Cabecudos” and jump during carnival festivities in Sao Caetano de Odivelas, Brazil February 13, 2018. (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)





Members of the Diablada Urus group perform during the Carnival parade in Oruro, Bolivia February 10, 2018. (Photo by David Mercado/Reuters)