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The week in photos: March 2-8, 2019
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world

The week in photos: February 10-16, 2018
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world

Bloody accident and rain mar joyful Rio carnival
Brazilians living through two years of steep recession and 12 unemployment have grasped this year s carnival as a chance to let off steam

Dazzling Rio carnival climax gives Brazilians reason to smile
Brazilians enjoy the glitzy spectacle determined not to let the Zika outbreak ruin their partying

Rio carnival goers tell Zika mosquito to buzz off
At the Zika epicenter Brazil is simultaneously fighting mosquitoes and insisting that tourists face no danger at the Carnival or when they come to Rio in 6 months for the Summer Olympics

Rio Carnival twists and shouts to Beatlemania
Street band Sargento Pimenta – Sergeant Pepper in Portuguese – belted out more than three hours of Beatles classics as the five day fiesta prepared to reach its climax on Tuesday
SKorea's star Psy to perform at Brazil Carnival
The week long Salvador Carnival often dubbed the biggest street party in the world attracts two million people annually