Dancers perform during the carnival in Encarnacion, Paraguay on February 26, 2017. Encarnacion is located 375 km south of Asuncion, describes itself as the “Carnival Capital of Paraguay”. (Photo by Norberto Duarte/AFP Photo)





Dancers perform during the carnival in Encarnacion, Paraguay on February 26, 2017. (Photo by Norberto Duarte/AFP Photo)





Dancers perform during the carnival in Encarnacion, Paraguay on February 26, 2017. (Photo by Norberto Duarte/AFP Photo)





Dancers perform during the carnival in Encarnacion, Paraguay on February 26, 2017. (Photo by Norberto Duarte/AFP Photo)





Dancers perform during the carnival in Encarnacion, Paraguay on February 26, 2017. (Photo by Norberto Duarte/AFP Photo)





Men parade through the village of Stein during a traditional Swiss Carnival parade called “Bloch” through the village of Stein, Switzerland, 27 February 2017. The “Bloch” is an decorated tree and symbolic gift to the workers, that is traditionally dragged through the villages of the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in eastern Switzerland during carnival. (Photo by Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA)





Men parade through the village of Stein during a traditional Swiss Carnival parade called “Bloch” through the village of Stein, Switzerland, 27 February 2017. (Photo by Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA)





“Straw-men”, wearing masks and costumes made from jute bags stuffed with straw, take part in a carnival procession in Evolene, Switzerland, 26 February 2017. The straw men, known as empailles, are a traditional part of the annual carnival celebrations. (Photo by Thomas Delley/EPA)





Jamaica's Olympic champion Usain Bolt (C) plays mas during the presentation of “Zero Degrees – The Life Below” by TRIBE during carnival celebrations in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andrea De Silva/Reuters)





Jamaica's Olympic champion Usain Bolt (L) reacts while playing The Mas during the presentation “Zero Degrees – The Life Below” by TRIBE during carnival celebrations in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andrea De Silva/Reuters)





Revellers participate in a carnival celebration in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andrea De Silva/Reuters)





Revellers participate in a carnival celebration in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andrea De Silva/Reuters)





A resident rests next to a costumed Carnival reveler during the “Papangus” block party in Bezerros, Pernambuco state, Brazil, Sunday, February 26, 2017. Residents in this small town in Brazil's northeastern region say the annual carnival tradition began when the families who owned the sugar mills wore masks and ripped up clothing to surprise their friends during carnival. Papangus is a Portuguese word that means those who eat corn. (Photo by Eraldo Peres/AP Photo)





A “bate-bola”, center, stands next to residents and revelers wearing wonder woman costumes during carnival festivities at the Cidade de Deus, or “City of God” slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, February 27, 2017. “Bate-bola” groups celebrate Brazil's Carnival by dressing in colorful costumes inspired by clowns and using a stick to slam a ball onto the ground and make some noise. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)





Revelers from the Portela samba school wait to perform outside the Sambodrome in the early morning hours during Carnival festivities on February 28, 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Up to 70 cities and towns in Brazil are believed to have canceled festivities for Carnival this year amidst a severe recession in the country. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)





In this Tuesday, February 28, 2017 photo, performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school react after a float collapsed during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Part of a float has collapsed during Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival parade, injuring at least four people, according to doctors at the scene. (Photo by Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo)





Chilean tourists Michele Yoyo and her husband Rodrigo Yoyo wade in a mud puddle during the traditional “Bloco da Lama” or “Mud Street” carnival party, in Paraty, Brazil, Saturday, February 25, 2017. Legend has it the “bloco” was born in 1986 after local teens hiking in a nearby mangrove forest smeared themselves with mud to discourage mosquitoes and then wandered through Paraty. The party grew year after year, but revelers eventually were banned from parading in the colonial downtown after shopkeepers complained pristine white walls were stained with the hard-to-remove mud. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel/AP Photo)





Chilean tourists Michele Yoyo and her husband Rodrigo Yoyo, share a kiss as they wade in a mud puddle during the traditional “Bloco da Lama” or "Mud Street" carnival party, in Paraty, Brazil, Saturday, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel/AP Photo)





Cymbalists perform in the traditional “Diablada” or Dance of the Devils, during Carnival in Oruro, Bolivia, Saturday, February 25, 2017. Carnival is a religious festival dating back more than 200 years in an ongoing pagan-Catholic blend of religious practice in the region, and is one of UNESCO's Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, February 28, 2017 photo, costume pieces lay in a pile, to be returned to a samba school after the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio's parade is world famous for the samba dancing, costumes and magnificent floats. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)





A Lebanese boy, wearing a mask, takes part in the Zambo carnival held in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on February 26, 2017, to mark the last period of excess on the eve of the Christian Greek Orthodox lent. The inspiration of the annual Zambo celebration is unclear, despite it being a tradition that stretches back over a century to when an emigrant to Brazil returned to his native Tripoli bringing the carnival with him. (Photo by Patrick Baz/AFP Photo)





A reveller is pictured after covering himself with mud from the Redinha mangrove swamps as he celebrates Carnival at the annual block party known as “Os Cao” (The Dog) in Redinha in Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Nuno Guimaraes/Reuters)





A reveller is pictured after covering himself with mud from the Redinha mangrove swamps as he celebrates Carnival at the annual block party known as “Os Cao” (The Dog) in Redinha in Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Nuno Guimaraes/Reuters)





A reveller is pictured after covering himself with mud from the Redinha mangrove swamps as he celebrates Carnival at the annual block party known as “Os Cao” (The Dog) in Redinha in Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Nuno Guimaraes/Reuters)





A reveller is pictured after covering himself with mud from the Redinha mangrove swamps as he celebrates Carnival at the annual block party known as “Os Cao” (The Dog) in Redinha in Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Nuno Guimaraes/Reuters)





Dancers perform the traditional “Diablada” or Dance of the Devils during Carnival in Oruro, Bolivia, Saturday, February 25, 2017. The carnival is a religious festival dating back more than 200 years in an ongoing pagan-Catholic blend of religious practice in the region, and is one of UNESCO's Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)





Revellers covered with talcum powder wait for promotional goodies during the street carnival “Los Indianos” in Santa Cruz de la Palma, on the Spanish Canary island of La Palma, on February 27, 2017. The event began on February 1 and finishes on March 5 with orchestras playing Caribbean and Brazilian rhythms throughout the festivities that range from elections for the Carnival Queen, the Junior Queen and the Senior Queen, to children and adult murgas (satirical street bands), comparsas (dance groups) and street performances. (Photo by Desiree Martin/AFP Photo)





Festival participants known as Gilles wear traditional costumes during Carnival celebrations in the streets of Binche, Belgium, 28 February 2017. The Carnival de Binche is a popular historical cultural event that was named a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2003. (Photo by Stephanie Lecocq/EPA)





Members of bell bearer groups from Greece and Europe parade during the 4th edition of the European Bell Bearers Festival on February 12, 2017 in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki. (Photo by Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP Photo)





Tobas dancers participate in the inaugural parade of the Carnival of Oruro, Unesco World heritage, 400 km from La Paz, Bolivia on February 25, 2017. (Photo by Aizar Raldes/AFP Photo)





Orange throwers are seen during the traditional “battle of the oranges” as part of the carnival in Ivrea, near Turin, on February 26, 2017. During the event which marks the people's rebellion against tyrannical lords who ruled the town in the Middle Ages, revellers parading on floats represent guards of the tyrant, while those on foot the townsfolk. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace/AFP Photo)





A man stands on a carpet of smashed oranges during Carnival in the northern Italian Piedmont town of Ivrea, Italy, Tuesday, February 28, 2017. The traditional orange-throwing battle has its roots in the middle of the 19th century. (Photo by Luca Bruno/AP Photo)





Men dressed in traditional folklore costumes parade through the village of Vortova near the East Bohemian city of Pardubice during the Czech traditional Masopust carnival on February 25, 2017. The festival marks the beginning of Lent, and is the equivalent of Mardi Gras in Latin America or Carnival in Catholic parts of Europe. (Photo by Michal Cizek/AFP Photo)





A woman poses as she takes part in the Zombie Walk during carnival celebrations in the Greek capital Athens on February 25, 2017. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP Photo)





People dressed in costume urinate on a wall during the annual UNESCO listed carnival of Granville, northwestern France, on February 26, 2017. (Photo by Charly Triballeau/AFP Photo)





In this Saturday, February 25, 2017 photo, dancers perform the traditional “Diablada” or Dance of the Devils during the Carnival of Oruro, in Oruro, Bolivia. The carnival is a religious festival dating back more than 200 years in an ongoing pagan-Catholic blend of religious practice in the region, and is one of UNESCO's Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)





In this Monday, February 27, 2017 photo, a giant puppet depicting U.S. President Donald Trump is paraded at Carnival celebrations in Olinda, Pernambuco state, Brazil. (Photo by Diego Herculano/AP Photo)





Revelers wearing costumes depicting “The Simpsons” comic characters pose for the photo during the “Ceu na Terra” or Heaven on Earth street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, February 25, 2017. Merrymakers take to the streets in hundreds of open-air “bloco” parties during Rio's over-the-top Carnival, the highlight of the year for many. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)





Revellers perform during a carnival parade in Santo Domingo on February 25, 2017. (Photo by Erika Santelices/AFP Photo)





A performer breaths fire during the Great Traditional Parade at the Barranquilla's Carnival, in Barranquilla, Colombia, 26 February 2017. (Photo by Ricardo Maldonado Rozo/EPA)





A woman in costume dances during the carnival parade in Ovar, Portugal, 26 February 2017. Carnival parades and celebrations are currently being held in several countries around the world. (Photo by Paulo Novais/EPA)





People wear local carnival costumes during the parade of “Carnaval de Dunkerque” in Dunkirk, France February 26, 2017. (Photo by Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)





A member of a rival team is hit by an orange during an annual carnival orange battle in the northern Italian town of Ivrea February 26, 2017. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)





A dressed up young woman is assisted to adjust her hat at the beginning of the annual Paris' carnival on February 26, 2017 near the place Gambetta in Paris. The theme of 20th edition is “the round dance of fruits and vegetables around the world”. (Photo by Geoffroy van der Hasselt/AFP Photo)





In this photo taken Saturday, February 25, 2017 witches of the Waldkircher Kandelhexen witches' club look out of windows as they prepare for celebrating the traditional witches' sabbath at the market square of Waldkirch, southern Germany, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. The members of the Krakeelia carnival club celebrate their annual witches' sabbath, which takes place on the Saturday before Rose Monday. (Photo by Michael Probst/AP Photo)





Dancers perform the traditional “Diablada” or Dance of the Devils, during the Carnival of Oruro, in Oruro, Bolivia, Saturday, February 25, 2017. The carnival is a religious festival dating back more than 200 years in an ongoing pagan-Catholic blend of religious practice in the region, and is one of UNESCO's Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)





Revellers dressed in masks and period costumes take part at the Venice Carnival on February 19, 2017 in Venice. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli/AFP Photo)