Police are highly visible at the Notting Hill carnival with several arrests, stop and search and a “knife detection gate” in operation, August 27, 2018 in west London, England. 133 arrests were made at the carnival yesterday with 20 knives seized. (Photo by South West News Service/Action Press/Picturedesk)

A reveller wears a carnival mask in St. Mark's Square to celebrate Venice's annual colourful carnival, which has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Venice, Italy, February 7, 2021. (Photo by Manuel Silvestri/Reuters)

Two revelers dressed as toy soldiers gesture toward a police officer in a patrol car during the traditional carnival parade in Wuerzburg, Germany, 15 February 2015. Under the motto “Carnival Parade is cool” about 160 groups with over 3,000 members took part in one of the biggest carnival parades in southern Germany. (Photo by Daniel Karmann/EPA)

A carnival member performs during a carnival procession of the closing carnival night in the town of Strumica, southeastern North Macedonia, 16 March 2024. North Macedonians are marking Trimery, an Orthodox Christian holiday, when evil spirits are chased away with dance rituals. The holiday marks the beginning of the fasting period ahead of Easter. (Photo by Georgi Licovski/EPA/EFE)

Revellers enjoy the Notting Hill Carnival for the first time in three years in London, United Kingdom on August 28, 2022. (Photo by Simon Jones/The Sun)

Costumed revelers walk through a street prior to the carnival parade in the village of Vevcani, in the southwestern part of North Macedonia, on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the usual carnival celebrations which have been taken place for centuries in the tiny North Macedonian town of Vevcani. A few hundred locals gathered at the small town square to celebrate the carnival, but police dispersed the gathering after a brief scuffle with a small group. No arrests or injuries were reported. (Photo by Boris Grdanoski/AP Photo)

A reveller holds her dog dressed in costume, during the Rio Dog Carnival, known as the Blocao – with “bloco” meaning street party and “cao” dog, during pre- carnival celebrations at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 19, 2017. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)

Picture of a float taking part in the “White Day” parade during the Carnival of Blacks and Whites in Pasto, Colombia on January 6, 2024. The Blacks and Whites carnival has its origins in a mix of Andean, Amazonian and Pacific cultural expressions, and it celebrates the ethnic diversity in the region and was proclaimed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage in 2009. (Photo by Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP Photo)