In this photo taken on Saturday, February 25, 2017 a couple watches the Torch Parade on the Greek island of Naxos. Almost 2,000 people took part in the procession of young men and women with faces painted to resemble black-and-white masks wear white sheets and hold torches on long poles. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Saturday, February 25, 2017 young men and women with faces painted to resemble black-and-white masks wear white sheets and hold torches on long poles take part at the Torch Parade on the Greek island of Naxos. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Saturday, February 25, 2017 a man applies face paint as he prepares for the Torch Parade on the Greek island of Naxos. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Saturday, February 25, 2017 young men and women with faces painted to resemble black-and-white masks wear white sheets and hold torches on long poles take part at the Torch Parade on the Greek island of Naxos. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Saturday, February 25, 2017 two men sing and dance during the Torch Parade on the Greek island of Naxos. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)





In this photo taken on Saturday, February 25, 2017 an elderly woman watches from her house as the Torch Parade passes by on the Greek island of Naxos. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)





“Mike” dressed in a boxer costume, takes part in the “Blocao” dog carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, February 25, 2017. Carnival goes to the dogs as pet owners take to the streets for their own party, with their four-legged friends in ornate costumes. (Photo by Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo)





Esther Perez Ramon, wearing a creation called “Grandiosa”, performs on stage during Las Palmas' Carnival Queen ceremony in Las Palmas, Spanish Canary Island of Gran Canaria, February 24, 2017. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)





A contestant prepares for the start of Las Palmas' Carnival Queen ceremony in Las Palmas, Spanish Canary Island of Gran Canaria, February 24, 2017. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)





Gema Ceballos Vega, wearing a creation called “The Light”, performs on stage during Las Palmas' Carnival Queen ceremony in Las Palmas, Spanish Canary Island of Gran Canaria, February 24, 2017. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)





Tamara Fietz, wearing a creation called “Live and let live”, performs on stage during Las Palmas' Carnival Queen ceremony in Las Palmas, Spanish Canary Island of Gran Canaria, February 24, 2017. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)





Assi Mbengue, wearing a creation called “Casino Royale”, performs on stage during Las Palmas' Carnival Queen ceremony in Las Palmas, Spanish Canary Island of Gran Canaria, February 24, 2017. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)





Assi Mbengue nibbles as she prepares for the start of Las Palmas' Carnival Queen ceremony in Las Palmas, Spanish Canary Island of Gran Canaria, February 24, 2017. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)





Desire Henriquez Quintana poses wearing a creation called “Blowing in the wind” before the start of Las Palmas' Carnival Queen ceremony in Las Palmas, Spanish Canary Island of Gran Canaria, February 24, 2017. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)





Esther Perez Ramon, wearing a creation called “Grandiosa”, reacts after being elected Carnival Queen in Las Palmas, Spanish Canary Island of Gran Canaria, early February 25, 2017. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)





Revellers dressed as “Mascaritas” sit during carnival celebrations in the village of Luzon, Spain, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Juan Medina/Reuters)





A reveler, dressed as “Diablos de Luzon” or Luzon Devil's, covered in oil and soot carrying bull horns on his head and cowbells on a belt representing the devil, and others dressed as “Mascaritas” take part in the carnival celebration in the small village of Luzon, Spain, Saturday, February 25, 2017. Preserved records from the 14th century document Luzon's carnival, but the real origin of the tradition could be much older. Carnival festivals are celebrated in their own way around hundreds of villages in Spain. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP Photo)





Mariano Casillas (L) and his wife Marta Vega help Cristina Casillas get dressed as traditional carnival characters “Harramachos”, who wear cowbells, animal antlers and agricultural decor and are thought to ward off evil spirits and awaken the coming spring, during a carnival celebration in the village of Navalacruz, Spain, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)





Revelers take part in a carnival celebration in the village of Navalacruz, Spain, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)





A reveler dressed as the traditional carnival character “Harramacho”, who wear cowbells, animal antlers and agricultural decor and are thought to ward off evil spirits and awaken the coming spring, takes part in a carnival celebration in the village of Navalacruz, Spain, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)





Revelers take part in a carnival celebration in the village of Navalacruz, Spain, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)





Mariano Casillas (L), his wife Marta Vega and his sister Cristina Casillas pose dressed as the traditional carnival characters “Harramachos”, who wear cowbells, animal antlers and agricultural decor and are thought to ward off evil spirits and awaken the coming spring, during a carnival celebration in the village of Navalacruz, Spain, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)





Revelers dressed as traditional carnival characters “Harramachos”, who wear cowbells, animal antlers and agricultural decor and are thought to ward off evil spirits and awaken the coming spring, take part in a carnival celebration in the village of Navalacruz, Spain, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)





Revellers participate in the Carnival in the city of Strumica, Macedonia February 25, 2017. The event marks Trimery, an Orthodox Christian holiday. (Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)





Revellers takes part in the annual block party Cordao de Prata Preta during carnival festivities in Rio Janeiro, Brazil February 25, 2017. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)





Revellers take part in the annual block party Cordao de Prata Preta during carnival festivities in Rio Janeiro, Brazil February 25, 2017. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)





Revellers takes part in the annual block party Cordao de Prata Preta during carnival festivities in Rio Janeiro, Brazil February 25, 2017. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)





Revellers takes part in the annual block party Cordao de Prata Preta during carnival festivities in Rio Janeiro, Brazil February 25, 2017. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)





Revellers takes part in the annual block party Cordao de Prata Preta during carnival festivities in Rio Janeiro, Brazil February 25, 2017. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)





A reveller parades for the Mancha Verde samba school during the carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





A reveller parades for the Mancha Verde samba school during the carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





Revellers parade for the Mancha Verde samba school during the carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





A reveller parades for the Mancha Verde samba school during the carnival in Sao Paul, Brazil, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





A reveller parades for the Imperio da Casa Verde samba school during the carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





Revellers parade for the Imperio da Casa Verde samba school during the carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





Revellers parade for the Imperio da Casa Verde samba school during the carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





Revellers parade for the Imperio da Casa Verde samba school during the carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





A reveller parades for the Imperio da Casa Verde samba school during the carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





A reveller parades for the Imperio da Casa Verde samba school during the carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





Revellers parade for the Imperio da Casa Verde samba school during the carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





A reveller parades for the Imperio da Casa Verde samba school during the carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





Christian residents take part in the annual Zambo carnival, in the coastal city of Tripoli, northern Lebanon February 26, 2017. Revellers would paint their bodies, put on costumes and parade in the streets of Tripoli during the carnival before the start of the Christian fasting season in the lead up to Easter. (Photo by Omar Ibrahim/Reuters)





Christian residents take part in the annual Zambo carnival, in the coastal city of Tripoli, northern Lebanon February 26, 2017. (Photo by Omar Ibrahim/Reuters)





Townswomen dressed as Lamia, Basque mythological creatures, sing and dance in the Basque coastal town of Mundaka, northern Spain, on Carnival Sunday, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Vincent West/Reuters)





Townswomen dressed as Lamia, Basque mythological creatures, sing and dance in the Basque coastal town of Mundaka, northern Spain, on Carnival Sunday, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Vincent West/Reuters)





Townswomen dressed as Lamia, Basque mythological creatures, sing and dance in the Basque coastal town of Mundaka, northern Spain, on Carnival Sunday, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Vincent West/Reuters)





Townswomen dressed as Lamia, Basque mythological creatures, sing and dance in the Basque coastal town of Mundaka, northern Spain, on Carnival Sunday, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Vincent West/Reuters)





A girl is pictured before the first night of the Carnival parade of samba schools at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)





Revellers arrive for the first night of the Carnival parade of samba schools at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)





Revellers arrive for the first night of the Carnival parade of samba schools at Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)





A dancer of the Imperio de Casa Verde samba school performs during the second night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil early on February 26, 2017. (Photo by Nelson Almeida/AFP Photo)