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Featured photojournalist: Rodrigo Abd

from the agencies : Dona Marta favela
A barber talks to a neighbour while giving a customer a pre-carnival haircut in the Dona Marta favela Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : Mameludicos Euforicos street carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro
People dance in the Mameludicos Euforicos street carnival parade, a more accessible event than the large-scale festivities in Rio's Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : A people dance in the rain during a street carnival parade
Performers dance in the rain during a street carnival parade Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : Bloco da Lama carnival parade
A woman dances amid orange smoke during the Bloco da Lama carnival parade. Revellers plaster themselves in mud during this raucous event in Paraty, a coastal town south of Rio de Janeiro Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : King Momo
This year's 'King Momo', Milton Rodrigues, is flanked by the carnival queen and two princesses as he holds the key of the city during a ceremony to officially open carnival celebrations. King Momo is the mythical figure who reigns over the chaos of carnival Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : A woman looks in the mirror as prepares for Sunday's carnival parade
A woman looks in the mirror as she prepares for Sunday's carnival parade in the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : A woman sings during a carnival parade at the Sambadrome
A woman sings during a carnival parade at the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school
A man fans himself as the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school dancers perform at the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : A member of the Salgueiro samba school parades in the Sambadrome
A member of the Salgueiro samba school parades in the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : A Mangueira samba school dancer poses for a photographer
A Mangueira samba school dancer poses for a photographer Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : A samba school dancer rests after a carnival parade at the Sambadrome
A samba school dancer rests after a carnival parade at the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : Spectators watch the Grande Rio samba school parade in the rain
Spectators watch the Grande Rio samba school parade in the rain Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : Women watch the Unidos da Tijuca samba school in the Sambadrome
Women watch the Unidos da Tijuca samba school in the 90,000-capacity Sambadrome, which is purpose built for the city's numerous samba schools to parade down during carnival Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : Performers leave the Sambadrome at the end of carnival celebrations
Performers leave the Sambadrome at the end of carnival celebrations Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : Gay Carnival celebration
People gather at a gay carnival celebration held the day after the end of the official carnival parades in the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
from the agencies : A woman takes a break at a gay Carnival celebration
A woman takes a break at a gay carnival celebration Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
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