Rio carnival 2020 – in pictures –
The Viradouro samba school’s floats in the carnival parade
– Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images
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Brazil’s famed carnival kicked off in earnest on Saturday as millions of revellers poured into the streets, some of whom took aim at the nation’s deeply polarised politics. Most partiers, though, were dressed in distinctly apolitical garb, ranging from mermaid to cowboy costumes, suggesting that during carnival, Brazilians are focused on revelry first, and politics second.
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