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| A reveller dances on a float of the Inocentes de Belford Roxo samba school on the first night of the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 10, 2013. |
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| Revellers dance during the carnival parties at Sao Joao slum in Rio de Janeiro, February 10, 2013. |
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| Revellers from the Nene de Vila Matilde Samba School take part in a carnival at Anhembi Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, February 9, 2013. |
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| Revellers of the Salgueiro samba school participate on the first night of the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 10, 2013. |
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| Revellers dance atop a float of the Inocentes de Belford Roxo samba school on the first night of the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 10, 2013. |
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| A reveller of Portela samba school participates in the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 11, 2013. |
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| Revellers of Sao Clemente samba school participate on the second night of the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 11, 2013. |
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| Revellers of Sao Clemente samba school participate on the second night of the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 11, 2013. |
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| A reveller from the Sao Clemente samba school participates on the second night of the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 11, 2013. |
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| Revellers dance on a float of the Inocentes de Belford Roxo samba school on the first night of the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 10, 2013. |
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| A reveller of Portela samba school participates in the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 11, 2013. |
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| Revellers pack into a subway train as they make their way to the Sambadrome for the first night of the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, February 10, 2013. |
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| Drum Queen Viviane Araujo of the Salgueiro samba school participates on the first night of the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 10, 2013. |
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| A reveller from the Inocentes de Belford Roxo samba school dances atop a float on the first night of the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 10, 2013. |
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| A reveller of Portela samba school participates in the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 11, 2013. |
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| Drum Queen Viviane Araujo (R) of the Salgueiro samba school participates on the first night of the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 10, 2013. |
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| A reveller from the Jacarezinho samba school takes part in the first night of the A Group annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome, February 8, 2013. |
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| Revellers sleep next to props outside the Sambadrome ahead of the first night of the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, February 10, 2013. |
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