People kiss before the start of the Carmelitas street party on the first day of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, February 9, 2024. (Photo by Bruna Prado/AP Photo)

Raquel Poti performs on stilts during the Amigos da Onca street Carnival party, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, February 10, 2024. (Photo by Bruna Prado/AP Photo)

A reveller is hit by an orange as she participates in the annual “Battle of the Oranges” in the northern city of Ivrea, Italy on February 19, 2023. (Photo by Massimo Pinca/Reuters)

Revellers react in a water fight during Songkran Festival celebrations, in Hong Kong, China on April 9, 2023. (Photo by Lam Yik/Reuters)

A reveller attends a LGBT+ pride parade in Santiago, Chile, November 13, 2021. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)

A reveller is photographed during a traditional Maracatu carnival in Olinda, Brazil February 8, 2016. (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)

Disguised revellers parade on the occasion of the Cortege during the Carnival in Basel, Switzerland, February 17, 2016. (Photo by Georgios Kefalas/EPA)

A masked reveller poses during the Venice Carnival in Venice, Italy February 17, 2017. (Photo by Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)