In Photos: Rio Carnival at the Sambadrome

Members of the Grande Rio samba school with emoji costumes

Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images

 

Actor Grazi Massafera of Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school

Photograph: Buda Mendes/Getty Images

 

Drum queen Flávia Lyra from Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school

Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters