A Carnival queen sits on a float during the Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, February 28, 2017. While Carnival is traditionally a time of all-night bashes and escape from the worries of daily life, last year's Hurricane Matthew has put a damper on the celebrations for some in southwest Haiti. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





Two performers strike a pose for a selfie on the Carnival parade route in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, February 27, 2017. Haiti's Carnival is a mixture of Catholic pre-Lenten festivities and African, Spanish and native cultures found throughout the Americas and the Caribbean. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





A performer waits during a pause on the Carnival parade route in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, February 27, 2017. Haiti's government spent some $3 million on this year's Carnival celebrations, hoping to lure tourists and Haitians living abroad. It's far from clear how much money the festivities will actually generate in Les Cayes and surrounding areas, where there are few hotels. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





Performers file past in the Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, February 27, 2017. Costumed Haitians marched down the city's main avenues, along with drummers who made their skin glisten with oil and crushed charcoal, dancing girls clad in matching outfits and bright head wraps, and shirtless men with intricately painted faces and chests. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





Performers stand during a pause on the Carnival parade route in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





A masked performer waits for his friends before a Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





Bicyclists ride in the Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





Street vendors attend to the parade at the Carnival of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Revellers walking on stilts parade along a street at the Carnival of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Revellers parade along a street at the Carnival of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Revellers walking on stilts parade along a street at the Carnival of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Revellers dance as they parade along a street at the Carnival of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A man greets a reveller walking on stilts before a Carnival parade along a street of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Children attend the parade at the Carnival of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Revellers dance as they parade along a street at the Carnival of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Revellers get ready for a Carnival parade of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Revellers parade along a street at the Carnival of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Revellers parade along a street at the Carnival of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Revellers await the start of the parade at the Carnival of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A reveller puts makeup on her face before the parade at the Carnival of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A woman gets a pedicure as she takes a picture of the revellers parading at the Carnival along a street of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Revellers await the start of the parade at the Carnival of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A reveller carrying two skulls parades along a street at the Carnival of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Performers dance in a Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, February 27, 2017. President Jovenel Moise decided to hold this year's official carnival events in Les Cayes to bring some revenue to the storm-hit area and show national solidarity. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





Carnival Queen Claire Platel smiles for the camera during Carnival celebrations in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Haiti's government spent some $3 million on this year's Carnival celebrations, hoping to lure tourists and Haitians living abroad. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





Dancers perform on the second day of the 2017 National Carnival Parade on February 27, 2017 in the city of Les Cayes, southwest Haiti. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





Queens walk to a waiting bus after promenading in the Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, February 28, 2017. In recent days, some Haitians have argued that the impoverished and highly indebted country should be spending its meager financial resources on any number of more pressing needs. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





A reveler is painted during preparations for the second day of the 2017 National Carnival Parade on February 27, 2017 in Les Cayes, southwestern Haiti. The name of the carnival for this year in Haitian creoleis “Tet ansanb pou gran sid leve kanpe” (together for the South to rise up). (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A queen and other performers sit in a bus after in performing in Carnival celebrations in Les Cayes, Haiti. Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Les Cayes Mayor Jean Gabriel Fortune said he was grateful for the chance to host Carnival, describing it as a “gesture of solidarity”. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





A performer promenades in the Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





A performer strikes a pose during a Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, February 27, 2017. Haiti's Carnival is a mixture of Catholic pre-Lenten festivities and African, Spanish and native cultures found throughout the Americas and the Caribbean. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





A papier mache head made by students from the town of Jacmel stands on a bench at a school during the Carnival celebrations in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, February 27, 2017. Revelers have danced and sang their troubles away for three days in Les Cayes, the biggest city in the southwest region slammed by the Category 4 hurricane in October 2106. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





Dancers perform in the Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Monday, February 27, 2017. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





A reveler carrying skulls walks with his band with body painted with a mixture of cane sugar and coal, perform during of 2017 National Carnival Parade on February 26, 2017, in the city of Les Cayes, southwest Haiti. The name of the carnival for this year is “Tet ansanb pou gran sid leve kanpe”, in Haitian creole, (together for the South to rise up) Last year 546 people died and more than 175,000 people lost their homes when Hurricane Matthew roared ashore on October 4, packing 230- kilometer- per- hour winds in Haiti. Food, medicine and other essential aids took time to reach the areas struck by Hurricane Matthew. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A reveler with body painted with a mixture of cane sugar and coal, performs during the 2017 National Carnival Parade on February 26, 2017, in the city of Les Cayes, southwest Haiti. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A reveler of a group dance performs during the 2017 National Carnival Parade on February 26, 2017, in the city of Les Cayes, southwest Haiti. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





Dancers perform during the 2017 National Carnival Parade on February 26, 2017, in the city of Les Cayes, southwest Haiti. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A fire- swallower performs during the third and final day of Carnival in the capital of Haiti, Port- au- Prince, on February 28, 2017. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A fire- swallower around a coffin while perform in the third and final day of Carnival in the capital of Haiti, Port- au- Prince, on February 28, 2017. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A boy with his body painted with a mixture of cane sugar syrup and coal depicting the devil while performs in the third and final day of Carnival in the capital of Haiti, Port- au- Prince, on February 28, 2017. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





Skulls are seen next to a reveler with his body painted with a mixture of cane sugar syrup and coal depicting the devil in the third and final day of Carnival in the capital of Haiti, Port- au- Prince, on February 28, 2017. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A fire- swallower performs in the third and final day of Carnival in the capital of Haiti, Port- au- Prince, on February 28, 2017. Dancers, musician bands parade the streets in the center of Port- au- Prince. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





A performer rests during a pause at a Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





Performers get their makeup done for the Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Haiti's three-day Carnival festivities have brought rum-fueled parties, imaginative costumes and high-energy dance music to a southern city that's still recovering from last year's punishing Hurricane Matthew. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





A fire eater performs during Carnival in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





Revelers with their body painted with a mixture of cane sugar syrup and coal depicting the devil while performs in the third and final day of Carnival in the capital of Haiti, Port- au- Prince, on February 28, 2017. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





Dancers perform at a Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





A performer pretends to have suffered a heart attack during a Carnival street parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





Dancers perform at a Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





Dancers perform at a Carnival parade in Les Cayes, Haiti, Tuesday, February 28, 2017. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)