In Photos: The Best of Rio Carnival
Members of the Unidos do Peruche samba school
Photograph: Sebastiao Moreira/EPA
A woman from the Acadêmicos do Tatuapé samba school
Photograph: Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images
The Tom Maior samba school
Photograph: Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images
Members of the Tom Maior samba school
Photograph: Sebastiao Moreira/EPA
The X-9 Paulistana samba school
Photograph: Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images
Dancers from the Império de Casa Verde samba school
Photograph: Andre Penner/AP