In this photo taken on Saturday, February 25, 2017, people react as a sculpture is burning at the Maslenitsa festival at the Nikola-Lenivets art park in Nikola-Lenivets village, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) south-west of Moscow, Russia. As part of the celebrations of the “Butter Week”, or Maslenitsa in Russian, a folk holiday which heralds the beginning of spring, contemporary artist and park founder Nikolay Polissky built a giant sculpture made of wood and hay which was burnt to ashes in a traditional bonfire. (Photo by Denis Tyrin/AP Photo)





Two men beer toast while wading in mud 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)





Revelers celebrate at the end of the traditional “Bloco da Lama” or “Mud Street” carnival party, in Paraty, Brazil, Saturday, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel/AP Photo)





A mud-covered partygoer strikes a pose during the traditional “Bloco da Lama” or “Mud Street” carnival party, in Paraty, Brazil, Saturday, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel/AP Photo)





Svenja Wuerth of Germany soars during the mixed normal hill team event of the 2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, Finland, on February 26, 2017. Germany won, Austria placed second and Japan placed third. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP Photo)





Judges watch Hannu Manninen of Finland in action at the 2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, Finland, on February 26, 2017. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)





Mikhail Kasyanov, Russian opposition leader, wipes his face after green paint was thrown at him during a rally to mark anniversary of murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters)





People wearing carnival costumes place their orders in an historical bar during the “Volo dell'Aquila” at Piazza San Marco on February 26, 2017 in Venice, Italy. The 2017 Venice Carnival runs from 11 to 28 February and includes a program of gala dinners, parades, dances, masked balls and music events. (Photo by Awakening/Getty Images)





A guest in a costume walks on the red carpet as she arrives to a traditional Carnival ball at the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, February 25, 2017. In stark contrast to the hundreds of hard-charging street parties across Rio that are open to anyone, the “Baile do Copa” bills itself as a fairytale event where the country's elite can see and be seen in a hotel known for both opulence and a lengthy tradition of welcoming world leaders and stars. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)





A guest wearing a mask attends a traditional Carnival ball at the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)





A guest in a costume poses for the photo as she enjoys a traditional Carnival ball at the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)





Kyrgyz actors, wearing their traditional costumes, sing and dance during the festivities of Maslenitsa on February 26, 2017 in the Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek. “Maslenitsa” or Shrovetide, also known as the Butter Week, the Pancake week, or the Cheesefare Week, is a Russian religious and folk holiday. It is celebrated during the last week before Great Lent – that is, the seventh week before Easter. Maslenitsa corresponds to the Western Christian Carnival. (Photo by Vaycheslav Oseledko/AFP Photo)





Bolivia's President Evo Morales (C) plays drums during the carnival parade in Oruro, Bolivia, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Reynaldo Zaconeta/Reuters/Courtesy of Bolivian Presidency)





An example of makeup used in the film “Star Trek Beyond” is displayed at a reception for nominees for Academy Award for Makeup and Hairstyling before the 89th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 25, 2017. (Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters)





People walk away from the scene where a vehicle crashed along the Endymion parade route at Orleans and Carrollton during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana U.S., February 25, 2017. (Photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)





Tokyo Marathon 2017 in Tokyo, Japan on February 26, 2017. A combination picture shows participants in various costumes running at the Tokyo Marathon 2017. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Reuters)





Boyd Exell of Australia in action to win the FEI World Cup Driving event during the Gothenburg Horse Show in Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg, Sweden on February 26, 2017. (Photo by Thomas Johansson/Reuters/TT News Agency)





A worker cleans the picture of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as workers put up images of the heads of state scheduled to visit Islamabad to attend the 13th Economic Cooperation Organization Summit (ECO) in Islamabad, Pakistan February 26, 2017. (Photo by Caren Firouz/Reuters)





Men unload boxes of nutritional supplements from an helicopter prior to a humanitarian food distribution carried out by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Thonyor, Leer state, South Sudan, February 25, 2017. (Photo by Siegfried Modola/Reuters)





A Palestinian protester uses a sling to hurl stones towards Israeli troops during clashes in the West Bank village of Tuqu near Bethlehem February 26, 2017. (Photo by Mussa Qawasma/Reuters)





Models present creations from the Salvatore Ferragamo Autumn/Winter 2017 women collection during Milan Fashion Week, Italy February 26, 2017. (Photo by Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters)





A model holds the Nokia 3310 in London, Britain February 24, 2017. (Photo by Eddie Keogh/Reuters)





An Indian youth is watched by others as he takes part in a “bunjee jumping” activity at sunset during the “Bhoj Adventure Festival 2017” in Bhopal on February 25, 2017. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





Hundreds of skiers and snowboarders descend from a slope while holding lit torches and flashlights in the Siberian town of Zheleznogorsk, northeast of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, February 26, 2017. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)





Tired displaced Iraqis flee their homes due to fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, February 26. 2017. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)





Army paramedics give first aid to displaced civilians, injured in IS mortar bombing, during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, in the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, February 26. 2017. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)





Displaced civilians, who were injured by mortars fired by Islamic State militants as they fled their homes, wait to be taken to a hospital after receiving first aid in a field clinic, in western Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, February 26. 2017. Iraqi militarized police captured a neighborhood on the western side of Mosul on Sunday amid fierce clashes with Islamic State militants, as thousands of people continued to flee the battle to government-controlled areas, security officials said. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)





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





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





An honour guard waits for the arrival of Saudi Arabia's King Salman at the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia February 26, 2017. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)





Young Indian Hindu devotees, their bodies pierced with lemon and paladai – bowl with a spout mainly used to feed milk to infants – wait to participate in a procession to mark Shivratri in Chennai on February 26, 2017. Processions are held as an offering and show of devotion by Hindu devotees on the day dedicated to the worship of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





The world-famous sprinter Usain Bolt, 30, took a break from the track to celebrate Carnival as revellers doused each other with paint in Trinidad and Tobago on February 26, 2017. (Photo by David Wears/Splash News and Pictures)