Its carnival time in Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil and enticingly beautiful Samba dancers, fantasy floats, steel drums are a common sight in the city.
Celebrities have also flocked in, to be part of the world's biggest party.
Dazzling and craziest costumes at the Rio Carnival
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American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson performed at the Endymion Extravaganza for the Mardi Gras 2013 celebrations
The Chinese have bid adieu to the Year of the Dragon and gracefully welcomed the Year of the Snake
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Clad in bikinis, feathers and not much else, the Samba dancers are the showstoppers of the euphoric Rio Carnival celebrations.
Topless members of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen staged a protest against sexual tourism at Rio de Janeiro's international airport.
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London's Chinatown Association organises cultural extravaganza for Chinese New Year.
The Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week starts at Manhattan's Lincoln Centre with designers presenting Fall 2013 collections
The ladies were at their best as they arrived at the 85th Academy Awards Nominations Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton hotel in California.
Shakira has posted an adorable picture of her 13-day-old son, cradled by his father Gerard Piqué.
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Beyonce Knowles' half-time concert at the Super Bowl earns rave reviews
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The 2013 Carnival of Venice hosts the Beautiful Mask competition on Saturday, as well as the Festa delle Marie
30th Yukon Quest 1,600km dog sled race from Whitehorse to Fairbanks in Alaska to start.
Members of the NGO Doctors of Joy dress up as clowns to cheer sick people as part of pre-carnival festivities in Rio.
Harry Styles, of British boy-band One Direction, turns 19 on Friday
Blast thought to have been caused by gas leak or faulty machinery leaves at least 25 dead and 100 trapped under debris.
A jokey campaign by Gandul newspaper says Romanian women look like the Duchess of Cambridge
Real life Barbie Valeria Lukyanova claims she and lookalike Olga "Dominica" Oleynik are aliens
Annual Viking festival which began in 19th century held in Lerwick in tiny Scottish islands.
Seoul hoping for third time lucky with launch of KSLV-1 after previous rocket failures.
Valeria Lukyanova, better known as living Barbie or human Barbie met her male counterpart -real life boyfriend of Barbie doll-Ken for a photo shoot in New York.