A participant poses backstage before a drag queen competition during carnival festivities in Las Palmas on the Spanish Canary Island of Gran Canaria February 20, 2015. (Photo by Borja Suarez/Reuters)

Ketula Melo from the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school performs during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

A woman toes a tube carrying a man during the Ice and snow carnival at Taoranting park in Beijing, China, January 25, 2016. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Queen of drums, Viviane Araujo of Salgueiro performs during 2024 Carnival parades at Sapucai Sambodrome on February 11, 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

A male puma, named Bordo arrives for an examination and tests at a veterinary in Brasilia, Brazil, 31 October 2017 (issued 01 November 2017). Bordo, a young male puma, captured when he was a cub, will become the first animal of his species to be released in a sanctuary in the Brazilian savannah in Goias State close to Brasilia. The sanctuary, a preserve for wild cats, is in the first phase and is located on private lands but state funded. (Photo by Joedson Alves/EPA/EFE)

A resident types a text message on her mobile phone, as she sits on a bench made from a tree, which is a creation by Brazilian artist Hugo Franca at Largo da Batata square in Sao Paulo March 17, 2015. Franca, a designer from Sao Paulo is working with the city to make use of fallen trees to turn them into sculpture furniture to line the city's parks, streets and plazas. Brazil's largest city was slammed by several strong storms this rainy season that brought with them heavy rain, lightning and winds as high as 90 kilometres (55 miles) per hour. (Photo by Nacho Doce/Reuters)

Women wear the traditional costume of the Alto Tio Diego carnival during the Women's Afro-Mestizo Carnival of Alto Tio Diego on February 11, 2024 in Veracruz, Mexico. Alto Tio Diego is a small town near the State capital Xalapa where every year inhabitants celebrate their traditional carnival. Women of the town demanded a special day for them to parade and few years ago, they started to do it by walking through the streets wearing traditional costumes and masks (mostly of animals) but the attires have evolved to more modern characters. (Photo by Hector AD Quintanar/Getty Images)

A devotee of the Afro-Brazilian goddess of the sea Lemanja pays tribute on Lemanja's Day at Ramirez beach in Montevideo February 2, 2015. On this day every year, worshippers light candles at a shrine and throw sweets, alcoholic drinks, fruits and cheap jewellery into the sea as offerings to ask for good health and luck in love and work. (Photo by Andres Stapff/Reuters)