A performer wearing a scary mask entertains the public during the Shrovetide Spring festival near the Kremlin in Moscow on February 24, 2020. Shrovetide or Maslenitsa is an ancient farewell ceremony to winter, traditionally celebrated in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and involves the burning of a large effigy. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP Photo)





Members of samba Academicos do Salgueiro samba school take part in a parade during the 2020 Carnival at the Sambadrome Marques d​e Sapucai in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24 February 2020. (Photo by António Lacerda/EPA/EFE)





Revellers in costumes attend a carnival parade in Aalst, Belgium on February 23, 2020. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)





A dancer waits to perform in the carnival parade in Valletta, Malta on February 23, 2020. (Photo by Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)





Chirico Largo, 2 years and 7 months old, one of the youngest Gilles of Binche, takes part in a parade during the Binche carnival, a UNESCO World Heritage event in Binche, Belgium February 25, 2020. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)





A masked reveller takes part in the carnival parade in Valletta, Malta on February 23, 2020. (Photo by Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)





A reveller cracks his whip during a traditional carnival celebrating the departing winter and forthcoming spring in the village of Vortova near the east Bohemian city of Hlinsko, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020. (Photo by David W. Cerny/Reuters)





A reveller performs while attending the block party “Galo da Madrugada” during carnival festivities in Sao Paulo, Brazil on February 25, 2020. (Photo by Rahel Patrasso/Reuters)





Dancers dressed as bears rest after attending a mass at Socavon church after taking part in the carnival parade in Oruro, Bolivia, February 22, 2020. (Photo by David Mercado/Reuters)





An artist performs during the flower parade as part of the 136th Carnival parade in Nice, France, February 15, 2020. (Photo by Eric Gaillard/Reuters)





A carnival reveller in a traditional costume vaults on his pole during the fool jump (Narrensprung) parade in Rottweil, Germany, February 24, 2020. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





A carnival performer holds her costume after a carnival parade was cancelled in due to severe weather conditions in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, February 23, 2020. (Photo by Oliver Berg/dpa via AP Photo)





Hundreds of fools of the Elzacher Schuttig walk through the main street during the traditional Schuttig jump carnival parade in Elzach, Germany, Sunday, February 23, 2020. (Photo by Patrick Seeger/dpa via AP Photo)





A group of fools attend a parade during the great fool's leap through the city centre of Konstanz, Germany, Sunday, February 23, 2020. (Photo by Felix Kaestle/dpa via AP Photo)





A fool of the Elzacher Schuttig walks through the main street during the traditional Schuttig jump carnival parade in Elzach, Germany, Sunday, February 23, 2020. (Photo by Patrick Seeger/dpa via AP Photo)





A performer from the Sao Clemente samba school parades during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, February 24, 2020. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)