In Photos: Rio Carnival at the Sambadrome

Samba queen Elaine Azevedo from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school

Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images

 

Members of Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school

Photograph: Buda Mendes/Getty Images

 

Fancy footwork from Beija-Flor samba school

Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters