People attend in costume the 2022 New York Comic Con, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., October 6, 2022. (Photo by Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Participants race during the Red Bull Box Cart Race challenges in Bo Kaap, one of the iconic neighbourhoods in Cape Town, South Africa on November 6, 2022. (Photo by Esa Alexander/Reuters)
A person dressed as a horned evil spirit known as “Krampus” parades with a torch through the small town of Goricane, Slovenia on November 18, 2023. (Photo by Borut Zivulovic/Reuters)
The London Cabaret Club on August 26, 2022 getting in the mood for Notting Hill carnival weekend will host to a Brazilian Fantasy Dance Company Festival ,with the colors and music of Carnival. (Photo by Paul Quezada-Neiman/Alamy Live News)
Balinese dancers perform as they take part in a cultural parade, during a new year's eve celebration at a main road in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, 31 December 2022. (Photo by Made Nagi/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A girl runs with her face painted at a square in La Guaira, Venezuela, Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Venezuelans prepare for upcoming carnivals. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo)
A boy watches fireworks from a military range weapon, marking the Defender of the Fatherland Day celebrations, at the Artillery Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, February 23, 2023. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)