Final day of carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro - in pictures

A Beija-Flor samba school dancer performs while parading through the Sambadrome exhibition area Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

A float by the Mocidade Independente samba school parades Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Porto da Pedra samba school dancers perform at the Sambadrome Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

A dancer from the Porto da Pedra samba school is suspended from a balloon
Photograph: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images

Revellers from the Grande Rio samba school perform on top of a float
Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images

A Grande Rio samba school dancer performs in the Sambadrome Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade in military costumes through the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

A Grande Rio samba school dancer performs in the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

A member of Mocidade Independente samba school dances on a float next to a giant mask as it parades through the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

A member of the Salgueiro samba school parades in the Sambadrome Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP

The Grande Rio samba school performs at the Sambadrome
Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty Images

Revellers make their way home after the carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters